ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: rabbit + fish; from the rabbitlike nose
1. : a chimaera ( Chimaera monstrosa ) having a long tail and occurring in deep waters of the Atlantic ocean
2.
a. : globefish
b. : a slender elongated steel-blue marine food fish ( Promethichthys prometheus ) related to the escolar and widely distributed in warm regions
c. southern Africa : any of several small slimy-skinned compressed fishes of the genus Siganus — compare siganidae