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ALL meanings of filefish

file·fish
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  • noun plural filefish any of several flattened marine fishes of the family Monacanthidae, having an elongated head with a small mouth and small, spiny scales. 1
  • noun plural filefish a triggerfish. 1
  • noun filefish A fish with a dorsal spine and rough scales, related to the triggerfishes and occurring in tropical and sometimes temperate seas. 1
  • noun filefish any tropical triggerfish, such as Alutera scripta, having a narrow compressed body and a very long dorsal spine 0
  • noun filefish any of various fishes (family Balistidae) of the same order (Tetraodontiformes) as the puffer fish, with a compressed body and very small, rough scales 0
  • noun filefish Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies. 0
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