bonefish

[ bohn-fish ]

noun,plural bone·fish·es, (especially collectively) bone·fish.
  1. a marine game fish, Albula vulpes, found in shallow tropical waters, having a skeleton composed of numerous small, fine bones.

Origin of bonefish

1
An Americanism dating back to 1725–35; bone + fish

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British Dictionary definitions for bonefish

bonefish

/ (ˈbəʊnˌfɪʃ) /


nounplural -fish or -fishes
  1. a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae

  2. a similar related fish, Dixonina nemoptera, of the Pacific Ocean

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