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Etymology
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spade
+
fish
Noun
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spadefish
(
plural
spadefishes
or
spadefish
)
Polyodon spathula
Any of several
marine
fish
of the family
Ephippidae
Polyodon spathula
, the
paddlefish
.
Derived terms
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Atlantic spadefish
(
Chaetodipterus faber
)
circular spadefish
(
Platax orbicularis
)
pinnate spadefish
(
Platax pinnatus
)
longfin spadefish
(
Platax teira
)
hump-headed spadefish
(
Platax batavianus
)
golden spadefish
(
Platax boersii
)
round spadefish
(
Ephippus orbis
)
African spadefish
(
Tripterodon orbis
)