guitarfish
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guitarfish
- /ɡɪˈtɑː(ɹ)ˌfɪʃ/ UK
- /ɡɪˈtɑɹˌfɪʃ/ US
Where it comes from
From guitar + fish, from its body shape.
noun guitarfish · guitarfishes
- Any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings. There must have been at least a hundred tanks of various sizes, from the large ones to hold Torpedo Skates and the sinister Guitar Fish, to smaller ones for the Horse-killer Eel, Mud Fish from the Pacific, and the monstrous West Indian Scorpion Fish, each of whose spines has a poison sac as powerful
- Any of the family Glaucostegidae of rays, formally classified under the family Rhinobatidae.
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Every language
noun guitarfish
| 한국어 | 가래상어과 garaesang'eogwa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 坂田鮫, サカタザメ |
| 中文 | 犁头鳐科, 琴犁头鳐 |
| Português | viola, raia-viola, arraia-viola, cação-viola |
Talk about this word "guitarfish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/guitarfish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. guitarfish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/guitarfish "guitarfish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/guitarfish.Cite this
@misc{guitarfish_2026,
title = {guitarfish},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guitarfish},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
