surgeonfish

English

Etymology

From surgeon +‎ fish.

Noun

surgeonfish (plural surgeonfishes or surgeonfish)

  1. Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.

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