batfish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
batfish (plural batfishes or batfish)
- Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
- Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.
Synonyms[edit]
- (anglerfish): sea bat, bat fish (relatively rare), ogcocephalid
Hyponyms[edit]
- (anglerfish): longnose batfish (Ogcocephalus corniger), red-lipped batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini), rosy-lipped batfish (Ogcocephalus porrectus)
Translations[edit]
fish of the family Ogcocephalidae
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fish of the genus Platax
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