English Explanatory Dictionary

batfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.

Word forms

batfish batfishes

Etymology

From bat + fish.

Synonyms

sea bat bat fish ogcocephalid

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