ratfish

[ rat-fish ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) rat·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) rat·fish·es.
  1. a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California, having a ratlike tail.

Origin of ratfish

1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; rat + fish

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British Dictionary definitions for ratfish

ratfish

/ (ˈrætˌfɪʃ) /


nounplural -fish or -fishes
  1. another name for rabbitfish (def. 1)

  2. a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the North Pacific Ocean, which has a long narrow tail

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