batfish
[ bat-fish ]
/ ˈbætˌfɪʃ /
noun, plural (especially collectively) bat·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) bat·fish·es.
any of the flat-bodied, marine fishes of the family Ogcocephalidae, as Ogcocephalus vespertilio, common in the southern Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
a stingray, Aetobatis californicus, found off the coast of California.
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British Dictionary definitions for batfish
batfish
/ (ˈbætˌfɪʃ) /
noun plural -fish or -fishes
any angler of the family Ogcocephalidae, having a flattened scaleless body and moving on the sea floor by means of fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
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