batfish

[bat-fish]

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.

Origin of batfish

First recorded in 1900–05; bat² + fish

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for batfish

batfish

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012