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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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Origin of batfish

First recorded in 1900–05; bat2 + fish

Words nearby batfish

batement light, Bates, Batesian mimicry, Bateson, BATF, batfish, batfowl, bat girl, bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Bat Hayil
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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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