batfishes

Variant of batfish

batfish definition

bat·fish (bat′fis̸h′)

noun pl. batfish -·fish′, batfishes -·fish′es

any of various strangely shaped marine fishes; esp.,
  1. any of a family (Ogcocephalidae) of angler fishes
  2. a batlike ray (Myliobatis californica) of the E Pacific
  3. flying gurnard

Etymology: bat + fish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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