TILEFISH

tilefish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps

(noun) yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters

blanquillo, tilefish

(noun) important marine food fishes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tilefish (plural tilefish or tilefishes)

Mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish.

Synonyms

• blanquillo

Hyponyms

• atlantic goldeye tilefish

• bankslope tilefish

• Bermuda tilefish

• bighead tilefish

• blackline tilefish

• blue blanquillo

• chameleon sand tilefish

• dusky tilefish

• freckled tilefish

• great northern tilefish

• grey tilefish

• gulf bareye tilefish

• Hubbs' tilefish

• ocean whitefish

• pastel tilefish

• purple sand tilefish

• quakerfish

• red tilefish

• redback sand tilefish

• reticulated tilefish

• ribbed tilefish

• sand tilefish

• Starck's tilefish

• yellow tilefish

• yellowbar tilefish

• yellow-spotted tilefish

• zebra tilefish

Anagrams

• filthies

Source: Wiktionary


Tile"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamæleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.

Note: It was discovered off the Eastern coast of the United States in 1880, and was abundant in 1881, but is believed to have become extinct in 1882.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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