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Webster 1913 Edition
Tilefish
Tile′fishˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A large, edible, deep-water food fish (
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots. ☞ It was discovered off the Eastern coast of the United States in 1880, and was abundant in 1881, but is believed to have become extinct in 1882.