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Leatherjacket

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Noun

1. leatherfish, leatherjacket

any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes

2. leatherjack, leatherjacket

any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales

3. leatherjacket

tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies

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Leatherjacket

see synonyms of leatherjacket
noun
1. 
any of various tropical carangid fishes of the genera Oligoplites and Scomberoides, having a leathery skin
2. 
any of various brightly coloured tropical triggerfishes of the genus Monacanthus and related genera
3. 
the greyish-brown tough-skinned larva of certain craneflies, esp of the genus Tipula, which destroy the roots of grasses, etc

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Leatherjacket

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n.
1. A silvery blue carangid fish (Oligoplites saurus) of eastern Pacific and western Atlantic waters, having leathery skin and yellow fins.
2. Any of various other fishes having tough skin, including the filefishes and the triggerfishes.

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