Found 2 items, similar to tilefish.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tilefish
tilefish
n 1: important marine food fishes [syn:
blanquillo]
2: yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters [syn:
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
]
[also:
tilefishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tilefish
Tilefish
\Tile"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large, edible, deep-water food fish (
Lopholatilus cham[ae]leonticeps
) more or less thickly covered with large,
round, yellow spots.
[1913 Webster]
Note: 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.
[1913 Webster]