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file⋅fish
[fahyl-fish] 
–noun, plural (especially collectively
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | 1. | any of several flattened marine fishes of the family Monacanthidae, having an elongated head with a small mouth and small, spiny scales. |
| 2. | a triggerfish. |
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| file·fish
(fīl'fĭsh') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. filefish or file·fish·es Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Balistidae, related to and resembling the triggerfishes, with a flat body and rough spiny scales. |
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| filefish | |
noun | |
| narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine |
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Filefish
File"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.
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