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1. (n.) filefish
any of several flattened marine fishes of the family Monacanthidae, having an elongated head and spiny scales.
Etymology: (1765–75)
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1. (noun) filefish
narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
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1. (noun) filefish
any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper
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