trig·ger·fish (tr g  r-fsh )n. pl. triggerfish or trig·ger·fish·es Any of various brightly colored fishes of the family Balistidae of warm coastal waters, having a roundish body and an erectile spine on the anterior dorsal fin that locks upright when the fish is threatened. |
triggerfish [ˈtrɪgəˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any plectognath fish of the family Balistidae, of tropical and temperate seas. They have a compressed body with erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
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| Noun | 1. |  triggerfish - any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal finplectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines Balistidae, family Balistidae - triggerfishes |
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