milkfish


milk·fish

M0295800 (mĭlk′fĭsh′)n. pl. milkfish or milk·fish·es A large silvery fish (Chanos chanos) of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, widely used for food.
[From its color.]

milkfish

(ˈmɪlkˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) a large silvery tropical clupeoid food and game fish, Chanos chanos: family Chanidae

milk•fish

(ˈmɪlkˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. -fish•es, (esp. collectively) -fish. a tropical Pacific silvery food fish, Chanos chanos. [1875–80]