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guitarfish

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɡɪˈtɑː(ɹ)ˌfɪʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɡɪˈtɑɹˌfɪʃ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of the family Glaucostegidae of rays, formally classified under the family Rhinobatidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ray

History

Etymology

From guitar + fish, from its body shape.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 犁头鳐科 — guitarfish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 琴犁头鳐 — guitarfish
  • Japanese: 坂田鮫 — guitarfish
  • Japanese: サカタザメ — guitarfish
  • Korean: 가래상어과 (garaesang'eogwa) — guitarfish
  • Navajo: tsiikʼánii — guitarfish
  • Portuguese: viola — guitarfish
  • Portuguese: raia-viola — guitarfish
  • Portuguese: arraia-viola — guitarfish
  • Portuguese: cação-viola — guitarfish
  • Thai: วงศ์ปลาโรนัน — guitarfish