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PRONUNCIATION OF RATFISH

ratfish  [ˈrætˌfɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RATFISH

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conjunction
determiner
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Ratfish is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RATFISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ratfish

Chimaera

Chimaeras are cartilaginous fishes in the order Chimaeriformes, known informally as ghost sharks, ratfish, spookfish, or rabbitfishes. They may be the "oldest and most enigmatic groups of fishes alive today". At one time, a "diverse and abundant" group, their closest living relatives are sharks, though in evolutionary terms, they branched off from sharks nearly 400 million years ago and have remained isolated ever since. Today, they are largely confined to deep water.

Definition of ratfish in the English dictionary

The definition of ratfish in the dictionary is a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the North Pacific Ocean, which has a long narrow tail.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RATFISH


baitfish
ˈbeɪtˌfɪʃ
batfish
ˈbætˌfɪʃ
blowfish
ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ
catfish
ˈkætˌfɪʃ
crawfish
ˈkrɔːˌfɪʃ
dealfish
ˈdiːlˌfɪʃ
flatfish
ˈflætˌfɪʃ
frostfish
ˈfrɒstˌfɪʃ
goatfish
ˈɡəʊtˌfɪʃ
goldfish
ˈɡəʊldˌfɪʃ
jellyfish
ˈdʒɛlɪˌfɪʃ
parrotfish
ˈpærətˌfɪʃ
rabbitfish
ˈræbɪtˌfɪʃ
sailfish
ˈseɪlˌfɪʃ
sheatfish
ˈʃiːtˌfɪʃ
shellfish
ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ
starfish
ˈstɑːˌfɪʃ
sweetfish
ˈswiːtˌfɪʃ
swordfish
ˈsɔːdˌfɪʃ
whitefish
ˈwaɪtˌfɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RATFISH

rateable value
rateableness
rateably
rateen
ratel
ratemeter
ratepayer
rater
rates
ratfink
rath
ratha
rathe
Rathenau
rather
ratherest
ratherish
rathest
rathole
rathouse

WORDS THAT END LIKE RATFISH

big fish
drink like a fish
elfish
finfish
fish
flowerhorn fish
flying fish
kettle of fish
needlefish
oafish
outfish
river fish
saltfish
selfish
stockfish
sunfish
triggerfish
unselfish
wolfish
zebrafish

Synonyms and antonyms of ratfish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ratfish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RATFISH

Find out the translation of ratfish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ratfish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ratfish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ratfish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ratfish
570 millions of speakers

English

ratfish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ratfish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ratfish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ratfish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ratfish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ratfish
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chimère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ratfish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ratfish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ratfish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ratfish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ratfish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ratfish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ratfish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रशफिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ratfish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ratfish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ratfish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ratfish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ratfish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ratfish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ratfish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ratfish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ratfish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ratfish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RATFISH»

The term «ratfish» is normally little used and occupies the 148.729 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RATFISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ratfish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RATFISH»

Discover the use of ratfish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ratfish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Field Guide to Sharks, Skates, and Ratfish of Alaska
"This book is the only comprehensive guide to 25 shark, skate, and ratfish species known to inhabit Alaska waters.
Duane E. Stevenson, James W. Orr, Gerald R. Hoff, 2007
2
Dive First Responder
The spotted ratfish is the only variety found regularly in North American waters. This species grows to more than 3 feet in length and is found from the southeastern waters of Alaska to those of Baja, California, with isolated populations in the ...
Richard A. Clinchy, 1996
3
Exploring the World of Aquatic Life
There are three pairs of teeth that also look a little like those found in rodents, giving rise to the other common names,ratfish and rabbitfish.The teeth are fused together to form three crushing plates,one in the lower jaw and two in the upper jaw.
John Dawes, Andrew Campbell, John P. Friel, 2008
4
Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, ...
Ratfish (chimaeras, Family: Chimaeridae) have large heads and tapering bodies with a long, narrow tails. The spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei Lay & Bennett) is a relative of stingrays and sharks that prefers the cool waters of the Pacific ...
Donald G. Barceloux, 2012
5
Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHAB Atlas of ...
Spotted ratfish are observed 58% of the time over mud and 6 and 38% over gravel in the north and south, respectively (Figure 36.4C and D). Other round fish and flat fish species occurred over gravel and mud habitats in over 80–100% of the ...
Peter T. Harris, Elaine K. Baker, 2011
6
Spotted Ratfish
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The spotted ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei, is a chimaera found in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.
Elwood Kuni Waldorm, 2012
7
Marine Biogenic Lipids, Fats and Oils
Pleurotremata (sharks, dogfishes) 75, 76, 79, 138, 146—148, 241—248, 251— 253, 255, 349, 376 Hypotremata (rays) 146, 147, 346, 377 Hyperotreti (hagfishes ) 248 Holocephali (ratfish, rabbitfish) 213, 248, 254, 361 • Classification according ...
Robert George Ackman, 1989
8
Issues in Global Environment—Biology and Geoscience: 2013 ...
spine parts that had perforated the esophagus or stomach and migrated into vital tissues, resulting in hemothorax, pneumothorax, pleuritis, and peritonitis.” The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, “In a seventh case, a ratfish ...
‎2013
9
Herd on the Street: Animal Stories from The Wall Street Journal
With anticipation you begin to scan the seafood entrees: Broiled ratfish. Fried grunt. Poached mudblower with parsley sauce. Ratfish? Mudblower? How disgusting. Maybe you don't want seafood after all. What else have they got? This is the ...
Ken Wells, 2007
10
Phylogeny, Ecology, and Behavior: A Research Program in ...
For example, ratfish (chimaeroids) are the sister group of sharks, skates, and stingrays (elasmobranchs). There are 25 species of ratfish, compared with approximately 625 species of elasmobranchs. Ratfish occur worldwide in mid-to- deep- ...
Daniel R. Brooks, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RATFISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ratfish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
River Monsters' tales are your terrifying — and fascinating — fish …
The Island adventure was all about the search for hagfish and ratfish. “You now, I quite like handling fish, but I would make an exception for hagfish,” said Wade. «The Province, May 15»
2
Shelley Fralic: River Monsters host Jeremy Wade's excellent BC …
The ratfish is related to the shark, with cartilage instead of bones, and possesses other similarities to one of the prehistoric fish featured in the TV special, the ... «Vancouver Sun, May 15»
3
Professional comedians explain what went wrong with Elizabeth …
Resident of May's Saanich-Gulf Islands riding and host of Ratfish Comedy, a Victoria, B.C. amateur comedy show. Patrick Maliha. Vancouver-based comedian ... «National Post, May 15»
4
Absurd Creature of the Week: This Critter Definitely Doesn't Have a …
The chimaera known as the Pacific ratfish, for instance, doesn't seem to have an obvious venom gland. That means it may not deliver venom like a rattlesnake, ... «Wired, Apr 15»
5
Secrets of the Salish Sea
For example, did you know that the spotted ratfish, with no commercial value, makes up the largest biomass in the Salish Sea? Or that the male Pacific octopus ... «Vancouver Sun, Apr 15»
6
Study finds some fish can live in low-oxygen dead zones
Catches of ratfish and petrale sole both declined in low-oxygen areas, while catches of greenstriped rockfish and Dover sole showed no changes. Dover sole ... «Yahoo News UK, Mar 15»
7
Science Reader - Face Mites, Caffeine, Typos, Buzzsaw Jaws, more
Bizarre, Prehistorical Ratfish Chomped Prey With Buzzsaw Jaws by Brian Switek (Laelaps/National Geographic): Ratfish are a kind of fishy thing that's ... «The Vine, Sep 14»
8
Bizarre, Prehistoric Ratfish Chomped Prey with Buzzsaw Jaws
Helicoprion had saws for jaws. That's really all there was to the 270 million year old ratfish's dental cutlery. No upper teeth or anything else to slice against – just ... «National Geographic, Sep 14»
9
Did you hear the one about the autistic comic?
Photograph By BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist. It's Ratfish Comedy Night at the Ramada hotel on Gorge Road. Victoria's Curran Dobbs, dressed in a ... «Times Colonist, Aug 14»
10
Ancient terrors: Six MORE awful and thankfully long-extinct creatures
It's what's known as the “tooth whorl” of Helicoprion, a shark-like creature (actually more like today's ratfish) that lurked in the deeps 270 million years ago. «The Weather Network, Jun 14»

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