rabbitfish

rabbitfish
/rab"it fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) rabbitfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) rabbitfishes.
1. a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
2. a chimaera, Chimaera monstrosa.
[1820-30; RABBIT + FISH, from the resemblance of its nose to a rabbit's]

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