guitarfish
/ɡɪˈtɑː(ɹ)ˌfɪʃ//ɡɪˈtɑɹˌfɪʃ/
guitarfish noun: any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings.
Noun
guitarfish (plural guitarfish or guitarfishes)
- Any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings.
- There must have been at least a hundred tanks of various sizes, from the large ones to hold Torpedo Skates and the sinister Guitar Fish, to smaller ones for the Horse-killer Eel, Mud Fish from the Pacific, and the monstrous West Indian Scorpion Fish, each of whose spines has a poison sac as...1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 157
- Any of the family Glaucostegidae of rays, formally classified under the family Rhinobatidae.
guitarfish meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Thai
guitarfish in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
guitarfish in Malayalam
- guitarfish
- തിരണ്ടിസ്രാവ് tiraṇṭisrāvŭ
guitarfish in Thai
- guitarfish
- วงศ์ปลาโรนัน
Forms of guitarfish
| plural | guitarfish |
|---|---|
| plural | guitarfishes |
Origin of guitarfish
From guitar + fish, from its body shape.
Words formed from guitarfish
- Annandale's guitarfish
- Atlantic guitarfish
- banded guitarfish
- blackchin guitarfish
- bluntnose guitarfish
- bowmouth guitarfish
- Brazilian guitarfish
- Chola guitarfish
- clubnose guitarfish
- common guitarfish
- giant guitarfish
- Gorgona guitarfish
- grayspotted guitarfish
- Halavi's guitarfish
- lesser guitarfish
- Madagascar guitarfish
- Pacific guitarfish
- Salalah guitarfish
- sharpnose guitarfish
- shovelnose guitarfish
- slender guitarfish
- smalleyed guitarfish
- smoothback guitarfish
- southern banded guitarfish
- speckled guitarfish
- spineback guitarfish
- spiny guitarfish
- spotted guitarfish
- stripenose guitarfish
- Taiwan guitarfish
- thornback guitarfish
- whitesnout guitarfish
- white-spotted guitarfish
- widenose guitarfish
- witch guitarfish
- yellow guitarfish
- Zanzibar guitarfish
Questions about guitarfish
- What does guitarfish mean?
- Guitarfish means any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings.
- What is guitarfish in Tamil?
- Guitarfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Guitarfish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is guitarfish?
- Guitarfish is a noun.
- How do you pronounce guitarfish?
- Guitarfish is pronounced /ɡɪˈtɑː(ɹ)ˌfɪʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of guitarfish?
- The plural of guitarfish is guitarfish.
Words near guitarfish in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: guitarfish (page history and authors); guitarfish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); തിരണ്ടിസ്രാവ് (Malayalam) (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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