filefish

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filefish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Filefish \File"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

filefish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  filefish
      n 1: narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a
           long file-like dorsal spine