batfish

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batfish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Batfish \Bat"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     A name given to several species of fishes:
     (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast.
     (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus   spinarella
         ).
     (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis   Californicus
         .)
         [1913 Webster]

batfish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  batfish
      n 1: bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters
           having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on
           fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins