batfish

English

A batfish (sense 1)

Etymology

bat +‎ fish

Noun

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

(anglerfish): sea bat, bat fish (relatively rare), ogcocephalid

Hyponyms

(anglerfish): longnose batfish (Ogcocephalus corniger), red-lipped batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini), rosy-lipped batfish (Ogcocephalus porrectus)

Translations

fish of the family Ogcocephalidae

Finnish: peikkokrotti

fish of the genus Platax

Finnish: lepakkokala

German: Fledermausfisch m

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