[tahyl-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | 1. | a large, brilliantly colored food fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, of deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 2. | any of several related fishes of the family Branchiostegidae. |
| tile·fish (tīl'fĭsh') n. pl. tilefish or tile·fish·es A reddish-blue percoid marine food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) of deep Atlantic waters, having a fleshy flap on the nape and small yellow spots on the upper sides and fins. [tile- (short for New Latin Lopholatilus, genus name : Greek lophos, crest, fin + New Latin latilus, diminutive of latus, a kind of perch, from Greek latos) + fish.] |