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surgeonfish

sur·geon·fish [ súrjən fìsh ] (plural sur·geon·fish or sur·geon·fish·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
tropical fish: a tropical fish that is often brightly colored and has spines at the base of its tail that it uses to inflict wounds. Family Acanthuridae.

[< an imagined resemblance of its spines to a surgeon's needle]
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