bone·fish (b n f sh )n. pl. bonefish or bone·fish·es A marine game fish (Albula vulpes) of warm shallow waters, having silvery scales. [From its many small bones.] |
bonefish [ˈbəʊnˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a similar related fish, Dixonina nemoptera, of the Pacific Ocean
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| Noun | 1. |  bonefish - slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoonsmalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii Albula, genus Albula - type and sole genus of the family Albulidae |
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