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butterflyfish

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n.1.tropical gurnardlike fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins.
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Noun1.butterflyfishbutterflyfish - tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
flying gurnard, flying robin
scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony plates
Dactylopteridae, family Dactylopteridae - flying gurnards


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