Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several silvery marine fishes of the family Albulidae, especially Albula vulpes, a game fish of warm shallow waters worldwide.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the lady-fish, macabé, or French mullet, Albula vulpes. See cut under
ladyfish . - noun A fish of the family Teuthididœ and genus Teuthis or Acanthurus; a surgeon- or doctor-fish.
- noun A name of the common dogfish, Squalus acanthias, in southern New England. See cut under
dogfish .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
ladyfish .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any of various
game fish , of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That is because the average steelheader wades deeper than does most trout or bonefish anglers.
What type of tippet should I use for steel head when I fly fish
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Real bait seems to work best, but I like to catch them on flys when they rise or are tailing on the flats, there as hard to get as bonefish.
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One silver lining according to Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is that they seem to be collecting some dead bonefish and tarpon for biological samples, "gaining some important biological information from this sad event".
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That is because the average steelheader wades deeper than does most trout or bonefish anglers.
What type of tippet should I use for steel head when I fly fish
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It might just become my new favorite bonefish and striper reel.
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While the initial executive orders from the state caused some confusion with the wording, many people thought the entire season was closed for bonefish, tarpon and snook.
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I don't see a lot of difference between chasing bonefish (which are ugly) in the flats and chasing carp in the flats other than that I don't have to pay thousands to go after the bonefish.
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I don't see a lot of difference between chasing bonefish (which are ugly) in the flats and chasing carp in the flats other than that I don't have to pay thousands to go after the bonefish.
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It actually, "establishes temporary statewide closed harvest seasons for bonefish and tarpon", and reiterates that "catch-and-release fishing for these important game fish species is still allowed."
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Real bait seems to work best, but I like to catch them on flys when they rise or are tailing on the flats, there as hard to get as bonefish.
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