spadefish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
    angelfish; Chaetodipterus faber.

WordNet

Spade"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An American market fish (Chætodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.

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