(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:39:36

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.

 

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