Associations to the word «Acanthurus»

Wiktionary

ACANTHURUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthuridae   — surgeonfish and certain tangs.

Dictionary definition

ACANTHURUS, noun. Type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats