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butterfly fish n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc., that has a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae See also angelfish [1] but′terfly fish` or but′ter•fly•fish`, n. any of various colored tropical fishes of the family Chaetodontidae, having deep, narrow bodies and darting movements suggestive of a butterfly. [1735–45]
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