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guitarfish

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gui·tar·fish  (g-tärfsh)
n. pl. guitarfish or gui·tar·fish·es
Any of several marine fishes of the family Rhinobatidae, having a guitar-shaped body and related to the skates and rays.

guitarfish [gɪˈtɑːˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, having a guitar-shaped body with a stout tail and occurring at the bottom of the sea
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Noun1.guitarfishguitarfish - primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body
ray - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins
family Rhinobatidae, Rhinobatidae - primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies


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Sharks' closest relatives aren't normal fish--they're rays, skates, guitarfish, and sawfish, a group known as elasmobranchs.
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In its current newsletter, International Angler, the IGFA notes the 21-1/2-pound shovelnose guitarfish caught last September by Robert B.
 
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