spadefish
[ speyd-fish ]
/ ˈspeɪdˌfɪʃ /
noun, plural (especially collectively) spade·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) spade·fish·es.
a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
Words nearby spadefish
spackle,
spad,
spade,
spade foot,
spade guinea,
spadefish,
spadefoot,
spadefoot toad,
spadeful,
spadework,
spadger
British Dictionary definitions for spadefish
spadefish
/ (ˈspeɪdˌfɪʃ) /
noun plural -fish or -fishes
any spiny-finned food fish of the family Ephippidae, esp Chaetodipterus faber of American Atlantic coastal waters, having a deeply compressed body