Definition of bonefish in English:
bonefish
nounPlural bonefishesˈbəʊnfɪʃˈbōnˌfiSH
A silvery game fish of warm coastal waters.
Family Albulidae and genus Albula: several species, in particular A. vulpes
Also called ladyfish
Example sentencesExamples
- Trout fishing on rivers is very easy compared with the bonefish.
- For the next hour or so we moved slowly along the mangroves seeing the odd bonefish, barracuda and shark.
- The tide had dropped off the flats and with it, the bonefish had moved into deeper water, invisible to the naked eye.
- The bonefish are right over there, a silvery school materializing out of the greener water to graze the shrimpy mud of the flat.
- ‘Beautiful’ just doesn't do justice to the lightning bolt that is a bonefish.