rabbitfish

[ rab-it-fish ]

/ ˈræb ɪtˌfɪʃ /

noun, plural (especially collectively) rab·bit·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) rab·bit·fish·es.

a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.

a chimaera, Chimaera monstrosa.

Nearby words

rabbit-foot clover, rabbit-killer, rabbit-proof fence, rabbitbrush, rabbiter, rabbitfish, rabbiting, rabbitoh, rabbitry, rabble, rabble-rouse

Origin of rabbitfish

1820–30; rabbit + fish, from the resemblance of its nose to a rabbit's

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British Dictionary definitions for rabbitfish

rabbitfish

/ (ˈræbɪtˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

a large chimaera, Chimaera monstrosa, common in European seas, with separate caudal and anal fins and a long whiplike tail

any of the spiny-finned tropical marine fishes of the family Siganidae of Indo-Pacific waters. They have a rabbit-like snout and spines on the pelvic or ventral fins

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