margate fish

English

Noun

margate fish (plural margate fishes)

1. A white margate, an edible fish of the west Atlantic.

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

• margate grunt
• Margaret fish
• Margaret grunt