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leatherjacket

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: leatherjacket

1
 n
any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
2
 n
tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: leatherjacket
1

n any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes

Synonyms:
leatherfish
Type of:
filefish
narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine

n any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales

Synonyms:
leatherjack
Type of:
jack
any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
2

n tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies

Type of:
grub
a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
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