rabbitfish

noun

1

: a chimaera (Chimaera monstrosa) having a long tail and occurring in deep waters of the Atlantic ocean

2

a

: puffer fish

b

: a slender elongated steel-blue marine food fish (Promethichthys prometheus) related to the escolar and widely distributed in warm regions

c

southern Africa : any of several small slimy-skinned compressed fishes of the genus Siganus compare siganidae

Word History

Etymology

rabbit + fish; from the rabbitlike nose

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