Found 2 items, similar to Filefish.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: filefish
filefish
n : narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a
long file-like dorsal spine
[also:
filefishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Filefish
Filefish
\File"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any plectognath fish of the genera
Monacanthus,
Alutera,
balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the
roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of
sandpaper.
[1913 Webster]