margate fish
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]margate fish (plural margate fishes)
- A white margate, an edible fish of the west Atlantic.
Usage notes
[edit]A misreading of an early reference caused this name to be wrongly applied to Haemulon aurolineatum, the tomtate, in a few dictionaries and other reference works, but this apparently never made it into actual usage.