FILEFISH


Meaning of FILEFISH in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: file (I) + fish

: any of certain fishes with rough granulated leathery skins: as

a. : triggerfish

b. : any of numerous closely related oddly shaped fishes (family Monocanthidae) differing from the triggerfishes in having the scales reduced to prickles like those of shagreen and the first dorsal fin to a single long spine

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