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bonefish

bonefish

1 8.6
A long, silvery fish that lives in shallow warm coastal water and is popular with people who fish for sport
  • noun
  • /ˈboʊnˌfɪʃ/
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  • Anglers prize the bonefish for its speed and fighting ability during sport fishing.
  • bonefish and tarpon
  • bonefish and permit
  • bonefish and snook

Examples

  • My mom chose Bonefish Grill, and despite this place having been here for years, this was my first time.

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  • We've shown him a lovely steelhead, his first bonefish, and a hard-to-handle Exuma bone he caught a year later.

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  • Surprisingly, the juvenile bonefish observed off the Keys belong not to the A. vulpes species caught in the recreational fishery but to a different one, Albula sp. B.

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  • Tim Curci is the co-founder of Bonefish Grill, which expanded from one restaurant in St. Petersburg, FL, in 2000 to become one of the largest seafood chains in the United States, with locations in 29 states.

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  • During our trip to the Bahamas, we managed to catch several bonefish on the flats.

  • The bonefish is known for its elusive nature, often hiding in shallow waters.

Synonyms

Albula vulpes
vsbonefish
  • Specialized
9.9

A slender silver fish that lives in shallow sand and mud flats near coasts, often called bonefish

is the common sport fishing term for that exact species
Albula
vsbonefish
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of similar sea fish with long, thin bodies often called bonefish

is the species level sport fishing name rather than the broader genus

Surface Forms

bonefish singular
bonefishes plural

Morphology

bonefish = bone + fish (transparent) = bone + fish

The compound 'bone' + 'fish' directly denotes a type of fish and is easily interpretable from its parts by an average learner.

Etymology

Bonefish comes from the simple English parts bone and fish, because this silvery sea fish has a hard, bony body and many small bones, so people thought of it as a 'bone' fish. So, bonefish now names the fast, slender tropical fish that anglers prize for sport.