sea-batn.
1. A flying-fish, esp. the flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Exocoetidae (flying fish)
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sea-hawka1717
wing-fish1855
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > member of Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)
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sea-hawka1717
batfish1848
wing-fish1855
flying gurnard1882
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Accola, a sea Swallow or a Sea Bat.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 39 The French call it Aronder dumer [sic], the Swallow of the Sea; others a Sea Bat, or Rere-mouse of the Sea.
1686 F. Willughby & J. Ray De Hist. Piscium App. 24 Sea Batt. Belgis. An ex Acaraunis?
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 255 The Sea-bat or Flying Gurnard.
2. The fish Malthe vespertilio.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Lophiiformes (anglers) > [noun] > member of family Ogcocephalidae (sea-bat)
water bat1681
sea-bat1756
nose-fish1828
sea-unicorna1832
batfish1861
1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 457 The Sea-Batt. This curious fish..by the expansion of its side-fins and its small ventrals, represents a bat in some measure.
1758 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. I. 156 The Sea-bat appeared to me..all over of a dark brown or dusky colour.
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 173 The Sea Bat, Malthe vespertilio.
3. A fish of the genus Platax.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Ephippidae (spade-fishes) > member of
light horseman1827
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sea-bat1880
angelfish1888
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 448 There are probably not more than seven species of ‘Sea-bats’ [Platax], if so many, and they all belong to the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, where they are very common.
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