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parrotfish
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par·rot·fish  (prt-fsh)
n. pl. parrotfish or par·rot·fish·es
Any of various brightly colored tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae, having fused teeth resembling a parrot's beak.
parrotfish [ˈpærətˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any brightly coloured tropical marine percoid fish of the family Scaridae, having parrot-like jaws
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral any of various brightly coloured marine fish of the family Labridae
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar fishes
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Noun1.parrotfish - gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teethparrotfish - gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
polly fish, pollyfish
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
family Scaridae, Scaridae - parrotfishes
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