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rat·fish

   [rat-fish]
noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish·es.
a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Lower California, having a ratlike tail.
Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; rat + fish
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