noun
Meaning 1
Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
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Standard Lemma guide
batfish
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.
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noun
Meaning 3
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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Broader terms: spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
History
Etymology
From bat + fish.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: peix ratpenat — fish of the family Ogcocephalidae
- Finnish: peikkokrotti — fish of the family Ogcocephalidae
- Finnish: lepakkokala — fish of the genus Platax
- German: Fledermausfisch — fish of the genus Platax