Bonefish

3 definitions found

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

  Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found
         both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also
         {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab['e]}.
     (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West
         Indies.


         [1913 Webster]

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

  Bonefish \Bone"fish`\ (-f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
     See {Ladyfish}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bonefish
       n : slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and
           mangrove lagoons [syn: {Albula vulpes}]
       [also: {bonefishes} (pl)]