lady-fish
(ˈleɪdɪfɪʃ)
A name applied in various parts of the world to many different species of fish, as Albula vulpes, Harpe rufa, Scomberesox saurus, Sillago domina.
| 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 341 The Lady-Fish, being a very small Sort taken off Cape St. Lucas. 1884–5 Stand. Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 137 A single species (Albula vulpes) the bone-fish or lady-fish of our Atlantic coasts. 1885 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 2/2 The dainty, long-jawed beings which in the Soudan were called ‘lady-fish’. |