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

[From its many small bones.]

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Examples

  • 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 2009

  • 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.

    Carp Fishing 2009

  • 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".

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • 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 2009

  • It might just become my new favorite bonefish and striper reel.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • 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.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • 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.

    Sell Me On Carp 2009

  • 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.

    Sell Me On Carp 2009

  • 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."

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • 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.

    Carp Fishing 2009

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