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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.

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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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parrotfish - 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