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rabbitfish

The English word “rabbitfish” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  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. Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.

Etymology

From rabbit + fish, from its mouth shape.

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