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tenpounder

[ ten-poun-der ]
/ ˈtɛnˈpaʊn dər /

noun

ladyfish.
the machete, Elops affinis, a common food fish of warm seas.

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Origin of tenpounder

1685–95; ten pound(s) + -er1

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