"tilefish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tilefish [plural], tilefishes [plural]
Etymology: From tile + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tile|fish}} tile + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|tilefish|+}} tilefish (plural tilefish or tilefishes)
  1. Any of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish. Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish Synonyms: blanquillo
    Sense id: en-tilefish-en-noun-1ou8GuGj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Derived forms: atlantic goldeye tilefish, bankslope tilefish, Bermuda tilefish, bighead tilefish, blackline tilefish (taxonomic: Caulolatilus cyanops), chameleon sand tilefish, dusky tilefish, freckled tilefish, great northern tilefish (taxonomic: Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps), grey tilefish, gulf bareye tilefish, Hubbs' tilefish, ocean whitefish, pastel tilefish, purple sand tilefish, red tilefish, redback sand tilefish, reticulated tilefish, ribbed tilefish, sand tilefish (taxonomic: Malacanthus latovittatus), Starck's tilefish, stripetail tilefish (taxonomic: Malacanthus brevirostris), yellow tilefish, yellowbar tilefish, yellow-spotted tilefish, zebra tilefish

Inflected forms

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          "word": "bighead tilefish"
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          "word": "chameleon sand tilefish"
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        {
          "word": "dusky tilefish"
        },
        {
          "word": "freckled tilefish"
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          "word": "great northern tilefish"
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        {
          "word": "grey tilefish"
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          "word": "gulf bareye tilefish"
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          "word": "Hubbs' tilefish"
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          "word": "pastel tilefish"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "reticulated tilefish"
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          "word": "ribbed tilefish"
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      "word": "chameleon sand tilefish"
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