TILEFISH (tilefishes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: tilefishes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tilefish mean? 

• TILEFISH (noun)
  The noun TILEFISH has 2 senses:

1. important marine food fishes

2. yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters

  Familiarity information: TILEFISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TILEFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Important marine food fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blanquillo; tilefish

Hypernyms ("tilefish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("tilefish" is a member of...):

Branchiostegidae; family Branchiostegidae (small family of marine fishes having covered gills)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps; tilefish

Hypernyms ("tilefish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("tilefish" is a member of...):

genus Lopholatilus; Lopholatilus (large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters)

 Context examples 

Four types of fish should be avoided because of typically high mercury levels — tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico, shark, swordfish, and king mackerel.

(Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure, NIH)