1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Filefish

Definition of Filefish in English :

Define Filefish in English

Filefish meaning in English

Meaning of Filefish in English

Pronunciation of Filefish in English

Filefish pronunciation in English

Pronounce Filefish in English

Filefish

see synonyms of filefish

Noun

1. filefish

narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Filefish

see synonyms of filefish
noun plural -fish or -fishes
any tropical triggerfish, such as Alutera scripta, having a narrow compressed body and a very long dorsal spine

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Filefish

see synonyms of filefish
nounWord forms: plural ˈfileˌfish or ˈfileˌfishes
any of various fishes (family Balistidae) of the same order (Tetraodontiformes) as the puffer fish, with a compressed body and very small, rough scales

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Filefish

see synonyms of filefish
n. pl. filefish or file·fish·es
Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Monacanthidae, having a flat body, a long dorsal spine, and rough skin.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

instauration

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches