rabbitfish

[ rab-it-fish ]

noun

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

1. a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
2. a chimaera, Chimaera monstrosa.

rabbitfish

/ ˈræbɪtˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. a large chimaera, Chimaera monstrosa , common in European seas, with separate caudal and anal fins and a long whiplike tail
2. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rabbitfish¹

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