tilefish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun important marine food fishes
    blanquillo.
  2. noun yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters
    Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps.

WordNet


Tile"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamæleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913