English Explanatory Dictionary

pilot fish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks.

Word forms

pilot fish pilot fishes

Etymology

So called from its having been supposed to guide sharks to their prey.

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