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Batfish

Definition: Batfish

Batfish

Noun

1. Bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Batfish

Synonym by domain: batfishes (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

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Crosswords: Batfish

English words defined with "batfish": Sea bat. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Batfish

Illustrations:
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Batfish

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

batfish

23

uss batfish

14

barrier batfish great reef

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Batfish

Language Translations for "batfish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Manx

  

crodane etlagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atfishbay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Batfish

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Platax, Platax spp.. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Batfish

Derivations

Words beginning with "batfish": batfishes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Batfish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bathishig. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Batfish

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-f-h-i-s-t"

-1 letter: faiths, habits.

-2 letters: bahts, baith, baits, baths, faith, fiats, habit, hafis, hafts, sahib, saith, shaft, shift.

-3 letters: aits, baht, bait, bash, bast, bath, bats, bias, bits, fash, fast, fats, fiat, fibs, fish, fist, fits, haft, hast, hats, hist, hits, isba, sati, sift, sith, stab, tabs, this.

-4 letters: abs, aft, ais, ait, ash, bah, bas.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-f-h-i-s-t"
 

+2 letters: batfishes, shiftable.

 

+4 letters: afterbirths, fishability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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