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tilefish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tilefish has 2 senses
- tilefish(n = noun.animal) blanquillo - important marine food fishes; Array is a kind of percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
- tilefish(n = noun.animal) lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps - yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters; Array is a kind of percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
is a member of branchiostegidae, family branchiostegidae
is a member of genus lopholatilus, lopholatilus
CIDE DICTIONARY
tilefish, n.
A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamæleonticeps ) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots. [1913 Webster]
" It was discovered off the Eastern coast of the United States in 1880, and was abundant in 1881, but is believed to have become extinct in 1882."
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