"wedgefish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wedgefish [plural], wedgefishes [plural]
Etymology: From wedge + fish, from its body shape. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wedge|fish}} wedge + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|wedgefish|+}} wedgefish (plural wedgefish or wedgefishes)
  1. Any of the rays in the genus Rhynchobatus
    Sense id: en-wedgefish-en-noun-JeJRfuGR Categories (other): Rays and skates Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 53 47
  2. (by extension) Any member of the two other species in family Rhinidae, known as shark rays. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-wedgefish-en-noun-2paBvSWw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Rays and skates Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: African wedgefish (taxonomic: Rhynchobatus luebberti), bottlenose wedgefish (taxonomic: Rhynchobatus australiae), broadnose wedgefish (taxonomic: Rhynchobatus springeri), eyebrow wedgefish (taxonomic: Rhynchobatus palpebratus), Japanese wedgefish (taxonomic: Rhynchobatus mononoke), roughnose wedgefish (taxonomic: Rhynchobatus cooki), smoothnose wedgefish (taxonomic: Rhynchobatus laevis), Taiwanese wedgefish (taxonomic: Rhynchobatus immaculatus), whitespotted wedgefish (taxonomic: Rhynchobatus djiddensis)

Inflected forms

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