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Definition: Harpe rufa
Ladyfish
\La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
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Doncella
\Don*cel"la\, n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf.
Damsel.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (
Platyglossus radiatus
). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (
Harpe rufa
) of the same region.
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