squātĭna

I. a species of shark, the angel-fish, skate: Squalus squatina, Linn.; Plin. 9, 12, 14, § 40; 9, 51, 74, § 162.—Called also squātus; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 37; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 150; and: squatus ῥίνα, εἶδος ἰχθύος, Gloss. Philox.