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tile-fish [Suggested by the termination of the generic name Lopholatilus, and by the brilliant colouring resembling ornamental tiles.] Name for the fish Lopholatilus chamæleonticeps, found in abundance in 1879 off the coast of New England, and valued as food; supposed to be extinct from the early pa...
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Great northern tilefish
The discovery of the fish was announced earlier in the journal Science (see "The Tile-Fish" in Science, Vol. 5.
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tile
▪ I. tile, n.1 (taɪl) Forms: α. 1 tiᵹule, 1–2 tiᵹele, 3 tiȝel, 4 teȝele, tijl, 4–5 tiel, 4–6 tyel, 4–9 tyle, 5 til, tyl, tille, tyell, tyil, tyȝl(l, tele, 5–6 teylle, tylle, 4– tile. β. Sc. and north. dial. 5–6 tild, tyld(e. [OE. tiᵹule, tiᵹele:—WGer. tegala, ad. L. tēgula a tile, f. teg-ĕre to cove...
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