Batfish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  batfish
       n : bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters
           having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on
           fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
       [also: {batfishes} (pl)]