Meaning

4 senses
  1. Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.

    Grätenfisch

    slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons

  2. Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.

    Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.

  3. A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.

  4. (New England)A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
game fish:

Origin

From bone + fish.

From bone + fish.

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Forms

plural: bonefish / bonefishes
Singularbonefish
Pluralbonefish / bonefishes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons:Albula vulpes

Word family

2 related words

See also

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