"batfish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: batfishes [plural], batfish [plural]
Etymology: bat + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bat|fish}} bat + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|batfish}} batfish (plural batfishes or batfish)
  1. Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae Translations (fish of the family Ogcocephalidae): peix ratpenat [masculine] (Catalan), peikkokrotti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-batfish-en-noun-zZV1dGr7 Disambiguation of 'fish of the family Ogcocephalidae': 74 26
  2. Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax. Categories (lifeform): Acanthuroid fish, Anglerfish Translations (fish of the genus Platax): lepakkokala (Finnish), Fledermausfisch [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-batfish-en-noun-QuRaGwjz Disambiguation of Acanthuroid fish: 18 82 Disambiguation of Anglerfish: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'fish of the genus Platax': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sea bat, bat fish [rare], ogcocephalid Hyponyms: longnose batfish (taxonomic: Ogcocephalus corniger), red-lipped batfish (taxonomic: Ogcocephalus darwini), rosy-lipped batfish (taxonomic: Ogcocephalus porrectus)

Inflected forms

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