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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
2. 2
   large European chimaera wordnet
3. 3
   Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.

Synonyms

All synonyms

chimaera monstrosachimera

Etymology

From rabbit + fish, from its mouth shape.

Related phrases

small-eyed rabbitfish

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