filefish

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun filefish has 1 sense

filefish(n = noun.animal) - narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine;

is a kind of

plectognath

plectognath fish

is a member of balistidae, family balistidae

has particulars: leatherfish, leatherjacket

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CIDE DICTIONARY

filefish, n.

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. [1913 Webster]