tilefish

Definitions of tilefish
  1. noun
    important marine food fishes
    synonyms: blanquillo
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    type of:
    percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
    any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
  2. noun
    yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters
    synonyms: Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
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    type of:
    percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
    any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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