guitarfish

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Etymology

From guitar +‎ fish, from its body shape.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɪˈtɑː(ɹ)ˌfɪʃ/
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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɪˈtɑɹˌfɪʃ/
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Noun

guitarfish (plural guitarfish or guitarfishes)

  1. Any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings.
  2. Any of the family Glaucostegidae of rays, formally classified under the family Rhinobatidae.

Derived terms

Related terms
  • Annandale's guitarfish
  • Atlantic guitarfish
  • banded guitarfish
  • blackchin guitarfish
  • bluntnose guitarfish
  • bowmouth guitarfish
  • Brazilian guitarfish
  • Chola guitarfish
  • clubnose guitarfish
  • common guitarfish
  • giant guitarfish
  • Gorgona guitarfish
  • grayspotted guitarfish
  • Halavi's guitarfish
  • lesser guitarfish
  • Madagascar guitarfish
  • Pacific guitarfish
  • Salalah guitarfish
  • sharpnose guitarfish
  • shovelnose guitarfish
  • slender guitarfish
  • smalleyed guitarfish
  • smoothback guitarfish
  • speckled guitarfish
  • spineback guitarfish
  • spiny guitarfish
  • spotted guitarfish
  • stripenose guitarfish
  • Taiwan guitarfish
  • thornback guitarfish
  • whitesnout guitarfish
  • white-spotted guitarfish
  • widenose guitarfish
  • yellow guitarfish
  • Zanzibar guitarfish

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