Ladyfish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several marine fishes, especially the tarpon Elops saurus, a game fish of tropical seas. Also called tenpounder.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A coastal dwelling fish in the genus Elops, found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabé.
  • n. A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A fish, Albula vulpes, of the family Albulidæ, of a brilliant silvery color, abundant in tropical seas, and quite gamy, but of little value as food.
  • n. A labroid fish, Harpe rufa, with 12 dorsal spines, continuous lateral line, scaly cheeks and opercles, base of dorsal fin scaly, and posterior canines. It is a common West Indian fish, occurring also along the Florida coast, and of beautiful color. More fully called Spanish ladyfish; also doncella.
  • n. The skipper or saury, Scomberesox saurus.
  • n. A trachinoid fish, Sillago domina, found in the Bay of Bengal and generally throughout the East Indian archipelago.
  • n. The ten-pounder.
  • n. A mermaid.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tarpon atlanticus    tarpon   
    Variant
    bonefish    grubber    french mullet    macabé   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tenpounder   
     
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