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Filefish vs Leatherjacket - What's the difference?

filefish | leatherjacket |

As nouns the difference between filefish and leatherjacket

is that filefish is any fish of the family , with very slender bodies while leatherjacket is the larva of some crane flies.

filefish

English

(wikipedia filefish)

Noun

  • Any fish of the family , with very slender bodies.

    • Synonyms

    * foolfish

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    leatherjacket

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The larva of some crane flies
  • Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family Balistidae, including the filefish and the triggerfish;
  • Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus , that have a leathery skin; leatherjack