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spadefish

[ speyd-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) spade·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) spade·fish·es.
  1. a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.


spadefish

/ ˈspeɪdˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. any spiny-finned food fish of the family Ephippidae, esp Chaetodipterus faber of American Atlantic coastal waters, having a deeply compressed body
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spadefish1

First recorded in 1695–1705; probably spade 2 + fish, in allusion to its shape

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