Associations to the word «Surgeonfish»

Wiktionary

SURGEONFISH, noun. Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae, that have an erect spine near the tail

Dictionary definition

SURGEONFISH, noun. Brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail.

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