spadefish
English
Etymology
From
spade
+
fish
.
Noun
spadefish
(
plural
spadefishes
or
spadefish
)
Any of several
marine
fish
of the family
Ephippidae
Polyodon spathula
, the
American paddlefish
.
Derived terms
African spadefish
(
Tripterodon orbis
)
Atlantic spadefish
(
Chaetodipterus faber
)
circular spadefish
(
Platax orbicularis
)
golden spadefish
(
Platax boersii
)
hump-headed spadefish
(
Platax batavianus
)
longfin spadefish
(
Platax teira
)
pinnate spadefish
(
Platax pinnatus
)
round spadefish
(
Ephippus orbis
)