Meanings
plural guitarfishes
- Any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings.
1 more example
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 as a rattlesnake's venom.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 157 - Any of the family Glaucostegidae of rays, formally classified under the family Rhinobatidae.
Origin
From guitar + fish, from its body shape.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 犁头鳐科, 琴犁头鳐
- 犁头鳐科guitarfish
- 琴犁头鳐guitarfish
Japanese 坂田鮫, サカタザメ
- 坂田鮫guitarfish
- サカタザメguitarfish
Korean 가래상어과
- 가래상어과 (garaesang'eogwa)guitarfish
Portuguese viola, raia-viola
- violaguitarfish
- raia-violaguitarfish
- arraia-violaguitarfish
- cação-violaguitarfish
Thai วงศ์ปลาโรนัน
- วงศ์ปลาโรนันguitarfish
Cite this entry
guitarfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guitarfish
“guitarfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guitarfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guitarfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guitarfish.
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