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la·dy·fish

(lā′dē-fĭsh′)

n. pl. ladyfish or la·dy·fish·es

1. Any of several marine game fishes of the family Elopidae, especially Elops saurus of warm coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, having an elongated silvery body.

2. A bonefish.

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ladyfish

(ˈleɪdɪˌfɪʃ)

(Animals) any of various fish found in oceanic coastal waters, esp the tarpon or a related game fish of the genus Elops

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bone•fish

(ˈboʊnˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. -fish•es, (esp. collectively) -fish.

a silver game and food fish, Albula vulpes, of warm coastal seas. Also called ladyfish.

[1725–35, Amer.]

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ladyfish - game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller

Elops saurus, tenpounder

tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus - large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

Elops, genus Elops - type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder

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