bonefish
a marine game fish, Albula vulpes, found in shallow tropical waters, having a skeleton composed of numerous small, fine bones.
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How to use bonefish in a sentence
I’d never fished for bonefish before and found the ecosystem of the flats amazing.
With covid protocols, a Caribbean fly-fishing haven is back in business | Chris Santella | April 2, 2021 | Washington PostI made the mental observation that the man who had named them bonefish should have had half of that name applied to his head.
Tales of Fishes | Zane GreyWhen a bonefish feeds his head is down and his tail is up, and, the water being shallow, the upper fluke of his tail stands out.
Tales of Fishes | Zane GreyOther men tried it for days without success, though it appeared bonefish were passing every tide.
Tales of Fishes | Zane GreyI saw many ten-pound fish, but I did not know enough about bonefish then to appreciate what I saw.
Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
Whenever I would stick my rod in the sand and go in out of the hot sun a bonefish would take my bait and start off to sea.
Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
British Dictionary definitions for bonefish
/ (ˈbəʊnˌfɪʃ) /
a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae
a similar related fish, Dixonina nemoptera, of the Pacific Ocean
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