ALL meanings of batfish
bat·fish
B b - 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
- noun plural batfish a stingray, Aetobatis californicus, found off the coast of California. 1
- noun batfish A fish of tropical and temperate seas with a flattened body that is round or almost triangular when viewed from above. It typically has a hard or spiny covering. 1
- noun batfish Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae. 0
- noun batfish Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax. 0