Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

batfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: bat-fish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae

noun

Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.

Etymology

From bat + fish.

Inflected Forms

batfishes (plural)

Synonyms

sea bat bat fish ogcocephalid

Questions

What does batfish mean?: Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
Where does batfish come from?: From bat + fish.

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