leatherjacket

Noun
  1. Any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes (synset 102656742)
    is a type of: filefish - narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
    belongs to: genus monocanthus, monocanthus - type genus of the Monocanthidae
    same as: leatherfish
  2. Any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales (synset 102580293)
    is a type of: jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
    belongs to: genus oligoplites, oligoplites - leatherjackets
    same as: leatherjack
  3. Tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies (synset 102314977)
    is a type of: grub - a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

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