ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1.
a. : a large edible marine percoid fish ( Lobotes surinamensis ) which occurs in the warm seas along the American Atlantic coast from Cape Cod to northern So. America and in which the long dorsal and anal fins extend backward and with the caudal fin appear like a three-lobed tail
b. : either of two fishes ( L. pacificus and L. erate ) of the Pacific and Indian oceans closely related to the Atlantic tripletail
2. : a spadefish ( Chaetodipterus faber )