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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