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Definition of Ratfishes
1. ratfish [n] - See also: ratfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratfishes
Literary usage of Ratfishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... ratfishes, and elephant-fishes. These are divided by Carman into three families,
and in the principal family, ..."
2. Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History Natural and by Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan (1909)
"The teeth are simply flat pieces of bone, the fins are large, the tail long and
slim, for which reason some fishermen call them ratfishes, and the rat-like ..."