pilotfish

Variant of pilot fish

pilot fish definition

pilot fish

a narrow, spiny-finned jackfish (Naucrates ductor) with a widely forked tail, often seen swimming near sharks
often written pilotfish pi′·lot·fish′ (pī′lət fis̸h′)

noun pl. pilotfish -·fish′, pilotfishes -·fish′·es

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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