Spadefish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spadefish \Spade"fish`\ (sp[=a]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
     An American market fish ({Chaetodipterus faber}) common on
     the southern coasts; -- called also {angel fish}, {moonfish},
     and {porgy}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spadefish
       n : deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic
           coastal waters [syn: {angelfish}, {Chaetodipterus faber}]
       [also: {spadefishes} (pl)]