"Batfish" is a word in ENGLISH

A name applied to several large fishes of the Mackerel family, esp. Orcynus alalonga. One species (Orcynus thynnus), common in …

A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)

A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.

Relating to the atlas.

Anterior; cephalic.

Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides.

Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis.

Descended from Atlas.

Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa …

The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] …

A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in …

The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).

The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black …

A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.

The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, …

A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of …

A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.

A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevalle. [See Illust. under Carangoid.]

A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West …

On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint …