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noun
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
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noun
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
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noun
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
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noun
A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
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Usage: New-England
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noun
slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Albula vulpes
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Broader terms: soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
History
From bone + fish.
Across languages
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