Spadefish \Spade"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American market fish ({Ch[ae]todipterus faber}) common on the southern coasts; -- called also {angel fish}, {moonfish}, and {porgy}.
spadefish n : deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters [syn: {angelfish}, {Chaetodipterus faber}] [also: {spadefishes} (pl)]