Home › Words › B › blanquilloblanquillo/blɑŋˈki(l)ˌjoʊ/blanquillo means the tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.).blanquillo is pronounced /blɑŋˈki(l)ˌjoʊ/.EtymologyFrom Spanish blanquillo.nounThe tilefish (Malacanthidae spp.).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tilefish 67% match — Any of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish. vs blanquillo →blay 58% match — The bleak (fish). vs blanquillo →tomtate 55% match — The grunt Haemulon aurolineatum, or various allied fishes. vs blanquillo →marblefish 55% match — Any of the family Aplodactylidae of perciform fishes. vs blanquillo →filefish 55% match — Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies. vs blanquillo →guasa 54% match — The jewfish, Epinephelus itajara. vs blanquillo →beltfish 54% match — The largehead hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus. vs blanquillo →balao 54% match — The halfbeak. vs blanquillo →