Meanings
nounragfish (plural ragfishes or ragfish)
plural ragfishes
- Icosteus aenigmaticus, a ray-finned fish of the northern Pacific Ocean.
Origin
From rag + fish, from the limpness of its body, the skeleton being mostly cartilage.
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APA
ragfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ragfish
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“ragfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ragfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ragfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ragfish.
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