Bonefish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A marine game fish (Albula vulpes) of warm shallow waters, having silvery scales.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See ladyfish.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A name of the lady-fish, macabé, or French mullet, Albula vulpes. See cut under ladyfish.
  • n. A fish of the family Teuthididœ and genus Teuthis or Acanthurus; a surgeon- or doctor-fish.
  • n. A name of the common dogfish, Squalus acanthias, in southern New England. See cut under dogfish.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    malacopterygian    soft-finned fish   
    Variant
    bonefishes    ladyfish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grey ghost   
    Same Context
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