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noun
Any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of paddlefish (broad sense).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: paddlefish
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of paddlefish (broad sense).
Synonym of paddlefish (American sense).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: paddlefish
Antonyms: none provided
noun
deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: angelfish, Chaetodipterus faber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
History
From spade + fish.
