file·fish (f l f sh )n. pl. filefish or file·fish·es Any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes of the family Balistidae, related to and resembling the triggerfishes, with a flat body and rough spiny scales. |
filefish [ˈfaɪlˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any tropical triggerfish, such as Alutera scripta, having a narrow compressed body and a very long dorsal spine
[referring to its file-like scales]
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| Noun | 1. |  filefish - narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spineplectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines Balistidae, family Balistidae - triggerfishes leatherfish, leatherjacket - any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes |
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