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batfishes

Variant of batfish

noun pl. batfish, batfishes

any of various strangely shaped marine fishes; esp.,

any of a family (Ogcocephalidae) of angler fishes
a batlike ray (Myliobatis californica) of the E Pacific
flying gurnard

Origin: bat + fish

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