Ogcocephalidae

plural noun

Og·​co·​ce·​phal·​i·​dae

ˌägkōsə̇ˈfaləˌdē

: a small family of sluggish spiny bottom-dwelling marine fishes (order Pediculati) with broad flat head and body, slender tapering tail, small mouth and feeble teeth, a short illicium, and jugular pelvic fins resembling limbs by means of which they crawl about see batfish

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Ogcocephalus, type genus + -idae

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