bonefish

Etymology

bone + fish

noun

  1. Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
    1. Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
  2. A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
  3. (New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.

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