A fish of shallow warm seas, related to the rays and having a body likened to a guitar in shape.
（形似吉他的）犁头鳐
Several species in the family Rhinobatidae, including Rhinobatus rhinobatus, common in European waters, and the Chinese guitarfish (Platyrhina sinensis, family Platyrhinidae)
Example sentencesExamples
Mauritania's famous Nouadhibou beach-camp is not the same as it once was, but French anglers in particular still go there to chase after the denizens of its surf - with large rays and guitarfish still the main attraction.
The guitarfish has a thick fleshy tail that resembles a shark's tail more than it does a ray's.
Another creature to watch for in deep areas is the strange, primitive looking shovelnose ray or giant guitarfish.
The fish made long runs, then sulked, ran again, but five minutes later I saw a swirl of white water in the edge of the surf and went in to grab a beautiful guitarfish of around 10 lb.
Groupers and morays are common, lobsters can be seen in season and we encountered a common guitarfish.
Definition of guitarfish in US English:
guitarfish
nounɡɪˈtɑrˌfɪʃɡiˈtärˌfiSH
A fish of shallow warm seas, related to the rays and having a body likened to a guitar in shape.
（形似吉他的）犁头鳐
Several species in the family Rhinobatidae, including Rhinobatus rhinobatus, common in European waters, and the Chinese guitarfish (Platyrhina sinensis, family Platyrhinidae)
Example sentencesExamples
Mauritania's famous Nouadhibou beach-camp is not the same as it once was, but French anglers in particular still go there to chase after the denizens of its surf - with large rays and guitarfish still the main attraction.
The guitarfish has a thick fleshy tail that resembles a shark's tail more than it does a ray's.
Groupers and morays are common, lobsters can be seen in season and we encountered a common guitarfish.
Another creature to watch for in deep areas is the strange, primitive looking shovelnose ray or giant guitarfish.
The fish made long runs, then sulked, ran again, but five minutes later I saw a swirl of white water in the edge of the surf and went in to grab a beautiful guitarfish of around 10 lb.