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Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.

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  1. n. Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.
  2. n. narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
  3. Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.
  4. Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera,balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughlygranulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.
  5. n. narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine