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lady-fish|ˈleɪdɪfɪʃ|
A name applied in various parts of the world to many different species of fish, as Albula vulpes, Harpe rufa, Scomberesox saurus, Sillago domina.
1712E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 341 The Lady-Fish, being a very small Sort taken off Cape St. Lucas. 1884–5Stand. Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 137 A single species (Albula vulpes) the bone-fish or lady-fish of our Atlantic coasts. 1885Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 2/2 The dainty, long-jawed beings which in the Soudan were called ‘lady-fish’. |