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spadefish
noun spade·fish \ˈspād-ˌfish\
Definition of SPADEFISH
: a laterally compressed bony fish (Chaetodipterus faber of the family Ephippidae) that resembles the angelfishes and is found in the warmer parts of the western Atlantic
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1704
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