Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stromateid fish, Lirus perciformis; the log- or barrel-fish.
  • noun A carangoid fish, Naucrates ductor; the pilot-fish.
  • noun A carangoid fish (nearly related to the pilot-fish), Seriola zonata, or allied species; the amber-fish.
  • noun A fish, belonging to the family Centrolophidæ, found in the open sea.

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Examples

  • One day I saw a few rudder-fish playing about the stern.

    Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

  • "Are you in search of rudder-fish, my friend, that you hang so closely under my counter?" demanded Wilder.

    The Red Rover James Fenimore Cooper 1820

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