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surgeonfish

English

Etymology

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 are named "surgeonfish" because they bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.

Translations

References

  • surgeonfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Acanthuridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Acanthuridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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tangfish

English

Noun

tangfish (plural not attested)

  1. (Britain, dialect) The common harbour seal.

Anagrams

  • shafting

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