ladyfishn.
/ˈleɪdɪfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈleɪdiˌfɪʃ/ Now chiefly North American.
Any of several marine fishes of warm coastal waters, as the bonefish Albula vulpes, the hogfish Bodianus rufus, and (now esp.) tenpounders of the genus Elops.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > member of family Harpodontidae (bummalo)
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ladyfish1712
Bombay duck1850
sea-duck1883
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > member of family Sillaginidae
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whiting1792
summer whiting1880
trumpeter whiting1882
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Scomberesocidae (sauries)
skipper1674
skopstera1705
ladyfish1712
saury1771
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Elopiformes > member of family Albulidae
ladyfish1712
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Elopiformes > member of family Elopidae (ten-pounder)
ten-pounder1699
sea-galliwaspa1705
seine-fish1725
saury1771
mackerel pike1890
ladyfish1971
1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 341 The Lady-Fish, being a very small Sort taken off Cape St. Lucas.
1730 T. Boreman Descr. Three Hundred Animals 188 The Lady-Fish is a small sort, about three Inches long, and one broad.
1885 J. S. Kingsley Standard Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 137 A single species (Albula vulpes) the bone-fish or lady-fish of our Atlantic coasts.
1885 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 2/2 The dainty, long-jawed beings which in the Soudan were called ‘lady-fish’.
1925 C. H. Townsend Guide N.Y. Aquarium 79 Violet red above and yellow-orange below, its [sc. Harpe rufa] handsome coloration may have suggested its other name, Lady-fish.
1971 Chesapeake Sci. 12 275/2 The ladyfish, Elops saurus.., occurs principally in estuaries along the Atlantic coast of the Americas.
2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 Feb. r8/4 Most guides know reliable spots where clients find some kind of fish, usually trash fish. On the Indian River, ladyfish and jack crevalle serve that purpose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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