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batfish

batfish noun: any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae.

batfish: any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
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Noun

batfish (plural batfishes or batfish)

  1. Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
  2. Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.

batfish meaning in Tamil

batfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of batfish

Forms of batfish

pluralbatfishes
pluralbatfish

Origin of batfish

From bat + fish.

Phrases with batfish

Questions about batfish

What does batfish mean?
Batfish means any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae.
What is batfish in Tamil?
Batfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Batfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is batfish?
Batfish is a noun.
What is the plural of batfish?
The plural of batfish is batfishes.

Words near batfish in the dictionary

  1. batfaced
  2. Batfamily
  3. Batfan
  4. Batfans
  5. BATFE
  6. batfish
  7. batfishes
  8. Batfleck
  9. batfolder
  10. Batford
  11. batfowler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: batfish (page history and authors); batfish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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