Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several chiefly marine fishes of the family Lobotidae, especially Lobotes surinamensis of tropical and subtropical waters, having prominent dorsal and anal fins that resemble extra tails.
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Examples
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Mr. Flynn said he is seeing highly edible species such as golden tilefish, tripletail and escolar entering menus more often.
The New School 2010
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We have not had to deal with a freeze like this one in a number of years, and everyone should be reminded that speckled trout, redfish, sharks, snook and tripletail may only be taken by pole and line.
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It surprises a lot of people that sharks and tripletail are included.
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It surprises a lot of people that sharks and tripletail are included.
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The saltwater game fish listed are red drum (red fish), spotted sea trout (speckled trout), snook, sharks, tarpon, tripletail, ling (cobia), mackerel, both king and Spanish, marlin and sailfish.
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It surprises a lot of people that sharks and tripletail are included.
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The saltwater game fish listed are red drum (red fish), spotted sea trout (speckled trout), snook, sharks, tarpon, tripletail, ling (cobia), mackerel, both king and Spanish, marlin and sailfish.
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The saltwater game fish listed are red drum (red fish), spotted sea trout (speckled trout), snook, sharks, tarpon, tripletail, ling (cobia), mackerel, both king and Spanish, marlin and sailfish.
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It surprises a lot of people that sharks and tripletail are included.
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The saltwater game fish listed are red drum (red fish), spotted sea trout (speckled trout), snook, sharks, tarpon, tripletail, ling (cobia), mackerel, both king and Spanish, marlin and sailfish.
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