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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Bonefish_Albula_vulpes.jpg/220px-Bonefish_Albula_vulpes.jpg)
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonefish (plural bonefish or bonefishes)
- Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
- Hyponyms: grey ghost, grubber, ladyfish
- Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
- A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
- (New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]game fish