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Webster 1913 Edition


Batfish

Bat′fishˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A name given to several species of fishes:
(a)
The
Malthe vespertilio
of the Atlantic coast.
(b)
The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (
Cephalacanthus spinarella
).
(c)
The California batfish or sting ray (
Myliobatis Californicus
.)

Definition 2024


batfish

batfish

English

Noun

batfish (plural batfishes or batfish)

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

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