noun
- plural of batfish; marine fish with flattened bodies and wing-like pectoral fins that resemble bats
Usage: marine biology
Examples
- The aquarium’s tropical exhibit featured several colorful batfishes.
- Batfishes are known for their distinctive flat, disc-shaped bodies.
- Divers often spot batfishes gliding gracefully near coral reefs.
- The marine biologist studied the feeding habits of batfishes in their natural habitat.
- Young batfishes look quite different from their adult forms.
- Several species of batfishes inhabit the warm waters of the Indo-Pacific.