ladyfish
Americannoun
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Origin of ladyfish
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Qingrong Yang captured a ladyfish snatching prey just beneath a little egret's beak.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
As the sun rose, pelicans and egrets wheeled, and mullet and ladyfish leapt in front of the boat.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2016
A deep tug followed by strong head wags ruled out a speckled sea trout or ladyfish.
From Scientific American • Oct. 30, 2015
Frankie had gone out off the Florida Keys in a rowboat by moonlight, fishing for ladyfish.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tarpon also gorge on 12- to 18-inch long ladyfish, at times herding them into pods and crashing them like schools of mullet.
From Time Magazine Archive
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