noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings.
2. 2
   primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body wordnet
3. 3
   Any of the family Glaucostegidae of rays, formally classified under the family Rhinobatidae.

Etymology

From guitar + fish, from its body shape.

Related phrases

Annandale's guitarfishAtlantic guitarfishBrazilian guitarfishChola guitarfishGorgona guitarfishHalavi's guitarfishMadagascar guitarfishPacific guitarfishSalalah guitarfishTaiwan guitarfishZanzibar guitarfishbanded guitarfish

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