batfish

[ bat-fish ]

/ ˈbætˌfɪʃ /

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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 found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans, including Ogcocephalus vespertilio(Brazilian batfish ) of the coastal western Atlantic Ocean, especially along the coast of Brazil.

Also called bat ray . an eagle ray, Myliobatis californicus, found off the coast of California and southward to the Galapagos Islands.

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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

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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