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Webster 1913 Edition


Spadefish

Spade′fishˊ

(spād′fĭshˊ)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
An American market fish (
Chaetodipterus faber
) common on the southern coasts; – called also
angel fish
,
moonfish
, and
porgy
.

Definition 2024


spadefish

spadefish

English

Noun

spadefish (plural spadefishes or spadefish)

  1. (zoology) Any of several marine fish of the family Ephippidae
  2. Polyodon spathula