surgeonfish

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sur·geon·fish (sûr

n-f

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n. pl. surgeonfish or sur·geon·fish·es

Any of various bright-colored tropical marine fishes of the family Acanthuridae, having one or more sharp erectile spines near the base of the tail.

[From its lancetlike spines, which resemble surgeons' instruments.]

surgeonfish [ˈsɜːdʒənˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any tropical marine spiny-finned fish of the family Acanthuridae, having a compressed brightly coloured body with one or more knifelike spines at the base of the tail

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surgeonfish - brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail

percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

Acanthuridae, family Acanthuridae - surgeonfishes

Acanthurus chirurgus, doctor-fish, doctorfish - surgeon fish of the West Indies

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