Ogcocephalidae

noun

batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes

• Syn: ↑family Ogcocephalidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pediculati, ↑order Pediculati

• Member Meronyms: ↑batfish

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\\ˌägkōsə̇ˈfaləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Ogcocephalus, type genus + -idae

: a small family of sluggish spiny bottom-dwelling marine fishes (order Pediculati) with broad flat head and body, slender tapering tail, small mouth and feeble teeth, a short illicium, and jugular pelvic fins resembling limbs by means of which they crawl about — see batfish