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tile•fish
(tīl′fish′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es.
- Fisha large, brilliantly colored food fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, of deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Fishany of several related fishes of the family Branchiostegidae.
- tile + fish 1880–85, American.