/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 ]