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Definition of Batfish
1. Noun. Bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins.
Generic synonyms: Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish
Definition of Batfish
1. n. A name given to several species of fishes:
Definition of Batfish
1. Noun. Any of several anglerfish of the family ''Ogcocephalidae'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Batfish
1. a batlike fish [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Batfish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Batfish
Literary usage of Batfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes of Australia: A Popular and Systematic Guide to the Study of the by David George Stead (1906)
"batfish (Monodactylus argenteus). The batfish is common from a little south of
Port Jackson all along the coastline of New South Wales and Queensland; but, ..."
2. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Young batfish have Inns dorsal and ventral fins which shorten as the batfish ...
Round batfish Gre\ to black dorsally, rounded and laterally compressed. ..."
3. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"batfish ... these new conditions, from a fish-like stock have arisen all the
birds and beasts and men that have dwelt upon the earth. .. : FIG. 673.—batfish ..."
4. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First by Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer (2003)
"Indian mackerel, batfish and triggerfish. Various fishing methods are used in
such areas including basket traps, nets, and hook and line. ..."
5. The Story of the Fishes by George Robert Charles Herbert Pembroke, James Newton Baskett, George Henry Kingsley (1899)
"... fins appear to be fastened to the body by a kind of stem, especially noticeable
in the batfish ; the fish crawls about with them (see Fig. 23, page 47). ..."
6. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1890)
"(Lophius, L.) M. vespertilio, L. batfish. Pale grayish brown above, reddish below;
forehead produced into a conical process. Dorsal rays, 4; anal rays, 4; ..."
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