Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Batfish \Bat"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A name given to several species of fishes:
(a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast.
(b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus
spinarella).
(c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis
Californicus.)
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
batfish
n 1: bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters
having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on
fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins