HyperDic: batfish

English > 1 sense of the word *batfish*:
NOUN	animal	batfish	bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins

English > *batfish*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins.
Member of	Ogcocephalidae, family Ogcocephalidae	batfishes
Broader	spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian	A teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays