wedgefish
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English
Etymology
From wedge + fish, from its body shape.
Noun
wedgefish (plural wedgefish or wedgefishes)
- Any of the rays in the genus Rhynchobatus
- (by extension) Any member of the two other species in family Rhinidae, known as shark rays.
Derived terms
- bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae)
- roughnose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus cooki)
- whitespotted wedgefish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis)
- Taiwanese wedgefish (Rhynchobatus immaculatus)
- smoothnose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus laevis)
- African wedgefish (Rhynchobatus luebberti)
- Japanese wedgefish (Rhynchobatus mononoke)
- eyebrow wedgefish (Rhynchobatus palpebratus)
- broadnose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus springeri)
References
wedgefish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rhinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Rhinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
