rabbitfish [rab-it-fish] Word Origin noun, plural (especially collectively) rab·bit·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) rab·bit·fish·es.
- a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
- a chimaera, Chimaera monstrosa.
Origin of rabbitfish 1820–30; rabbit + fish, from the resemblance of its nose to a rabbit’s British Dictionary definitions for rabbitfish rabbitfish noun plural -fish or -fishes
- a large chimaera, Chimaera monstrosa, common in European seas, with separate caudal and anal fins and a long whiplike tail
- any of the spiny-finned tropical marine fishes of the family Siganidae of Indo-Pacific waters. They have a rabbit-like snout and spines on the pelvic or ventral fins