rabbitfish

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noun

Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.

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Chimaera monstrosa
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Meanings

nounrabbitfish (plural rabbitfish or rabbitfishes)

plural rabbitfishes

  1. Any fish in the family Siganidae, native to shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and introduced to the eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
  2. Any fish in the family Chimaeridae, cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge European chimaera

Similar
Chimaera monstrosa
Broader
chimaera
Also see
chimera

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From rabbit + fish, from its mouth shape.

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APA

rabbitfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbitfish

MLA

“rabbitfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbitfish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rabbitfish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbitfish.

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