rabbitfish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
rabbit + fish, from its mouth shape.
Noun[edit]
rabbitfish (plural rabbitfish or rabbitfishes)
- Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
- Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.