batfish
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bat·fish

noun \ˈbat-ˌfish\

Definition of BATFISH

: any of several fishes with winglike processes; especially : any of a family (Ogcocephalidae of the order Lophiiformes) of flattened pediculate bony fishes

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First Known Use of BATFISH

1873

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