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English

Noun

any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters

Synonyms

grey ghost

Category:Fish

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found
both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also
bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macab['e].
(b) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West
Indies.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bonefish \Bone"fish`\ (-f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
See Ladyfish.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet bonefish
n : slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and
mangrove lagoons [syn: Albula vulpes]
[also: bonefishes (pl)]