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batfish

bat·fish
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bat-fish]
    • /ˈbætˌfɪʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bat-fish]
    • /ˈbætˌfɪʃ/

Definitions of batfish word

  • noun batfish any angler of the family Ogcocephalidae, having a flattened scaleless body and moving on the sea floor by means of fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins 3
  • noun batfish any of various strangely shaped marine fishes 3
  • noun batfish any of a family (Ogcocephalidae) of angler fishes 3
  • noun batfish a batlike ray (Myliobatis californica) of the E Pacific 3
  • noun batfish flying gurnard 3
  • noun plural batfish any of the flat-bodied, marine fishes of the family Ogcocephalidae, as Ogcocephalus vespertilio, common in the southern Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S. 1

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Origin of batfish

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05; bat2 + fish

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Batfish

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

batfish popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

batfish usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with batfish

  • what is a batfish?
  • what do red lipped batfish eat?

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