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spadefish
spade·fish S0599700 (spād′fĭsh′)n. pl. spadefish or spade·fish·es Any of several marine food and game fishes of the family Ephippidae, especially Chaetodipterus faber of warm western Atlantic coastal waters, having a deep, laterally compressed body with a short snout.
[From its shape.]spadefish (ˈspeɪdˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) any spiny-finned food fish of the family Ephippidae, esp Chaetodipterus faber of American Atlantic coastal waters, having a deeply compressed bodyspade•fish (ˈspeɪdˌfɪʃ)
n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America. [1695–1705] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  spadefish - deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal watersChaetodipterus faber, angelfishpercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order PerciformesChaetodipterus, genus Chaetodipterus - a genus of Ephippidae |
spadefish
spadefish: see tangtang,
common name for certain members of the Acanthuridae, a family of mostly small, mainly reef-dwelling tropical fishes with compressed bodies and small mouths and teeth. Other members of the family are known as surgeonfishes and unicornfishes.
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Synonyms for spadefishnoun deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal watersSynonyms- Chaetodipterus faber
- angelfish
Related Words- percoid
- percoid fish
- percoidean
- Chaetodipterus
- genus Chaetodipterus
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