filefish

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Etymology

From file +‎ fish.

Noun

filefish (countable and uncountable, plural filefishes or filefish)

1. Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.

Synonyms

• foolfish

Derived terms

• fringed filefish
• orange filefish (Aluterus schoepfii)
• scrawled filefish

References

• Monacanthidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Monacanthidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Monacanthidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• fishlife