English-Thai Dictionary
filefish
N ปลา เขตร้อน ตระกูล Balistidae pla-ked-ron-tra-kun
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FILEFISH
FILEFISH File "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.
New American Oxford Dictionary
filefish
file fish |ˈfīlˌfiSH ˈfaɪlˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or filefishes ) a fish with a dorsal spine and rough scales, related to the triggerfishes and occurring in tropical and sometimes temperate seas. [Numerous genera and species, family Balistidae (or Monacanthidae ).] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from file 3 (because of its rough skin, suggesting the surface of a file ).
Oxford Dictionary
filefish
file |fish |ˈfʌɪlfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or filefishes ) a fish with a dorsal spine and rough scales, related to the triggerfishes and occurring in tropical and sometimes temperate seas. ●Numerous genera and species, family Balistidae (or Monacanthidae ). ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from file 3 (because of its rough skin, suggesting the surface of a file ).
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