Definition of Pilotfish

1. Noun. Small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas.

Exact synonyms: Naucrates Ductor
Generic synonyms: Carangid, Carangid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Naucrates, Naucrates

Definition of Pilotfish

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pilot fish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pilotfish

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilotfish

pilot hole
pilot ladder
pilot lamp
pilot light
pilot lights
pilot plant
pilot program
pilot project
pilot projects
pilot scale
pilot whale
pilot whales
pilotage
pilotages
piloted
pilotfish (current term)
pilotfishes
pilothouse
pilothouses
piloti
piloting
pilotings
pilotis
pilotless
pilotless aircraft
pilotman
pilotmen
pilots
pilous
pilow

Literary usage of Pilotfish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... (Lake Champlain and Adirondack lakes), shad waiter (Lake Winnepesaukee), pilotfish (Lake Champlain), ..."

2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Naucrates ductor, the pilotfish, or romero, inhabits the open sea, being taken—everywhere rarely—in Europe, the West Indies, Hawaii, and Japan. ..."

3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Naucrates ductor, the pilotfish, or romero, inhabits the open sea, being taken—everywhere rarely—in Europe, the West Indies, Hawaii, and Japan. ..."

4. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1823)
"Sciana Labrax, basse;—Stone Basse ; Gasterosteus Ductor, pilotfish ;—" two of this species, a few years since, accompanied a ship from the Mediterranean ..."

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