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.

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