bonefish, Albula vulpes
(noun) slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bonefish (plural bonefish or bonefishes)
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
• (Albulidae): grey ghost, ladyfish, grubber, macabé
• fishbone
Source: Wiktionary
Bone"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Ladyfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
