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file⋅fish

[fahyl-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -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.

Origin:
1765–75; file 2 + fish
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file·fish   (fīl'fĭsh')   
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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