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Batfish

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Noun

1. batfish

bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins

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Batfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
any angler of the family Ogcocephalidae, having a flattened scaleless body and moving on the sea floor by means of fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins

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Batfish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbatˌfish or ˈbatˌfishes
any of various strangely shaped marine fishes
; esp.,
a. 
any of a family (Ogcocephalidae) of angler fishes
b. 
a batlike ray (Myliobatis californica) of the E Pacific
c. 
flying gurnard

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Batfish

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n. pl. batfish or bat·fish·es
Any of various marine anglerfishes of the family Ogcocephalidae, having a laterally compressed body with a large disklike head, expanded pectoral fins, and a retractable appendage above the mouth.

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