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File leaderFile marching
file name
file name extension
file out
file server
file system
file transfer protocol
File-cutter
File-leader
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Filed
Filemot
filename
filename extension
Filer
filet
filet de boeuf en croute
filet mignon
fili-
Filial
filial duty
filial generation
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 1681 any of various small-mouthed bony fishes (family Monacantidae, especially genera Aluterus, Cantherhines, and Monacanthus) with rough granular leathery skin
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Filefish File"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.
