filefish

filefish has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine