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spade·fish  (spdfsh)

n. pl. spadefish or spade·fish·es

Any of several marine food fishes of the family Ephippidae, especially Chaetodipterus faber, of the American Atlantic coastal waters, noted for its craving for shellfish.

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[From its shape.]

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spadefish [ˈspeɪdˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any spiny-finned food fish of the family Ephippidae, esp Chaetodipterus faber of American Atlantic coastal waters, having a deeply compressed body

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spadefish - deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters Chaetodipterus faber, angelfish percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes Chaetodipterus, genus Chaetodipterus - a genus of Ephippidae