HyperDic: butterflyfish

English > 1 sense of the word *butterflyfish*:
NOUN	animal	butterflyfish, flying gurnard, flying robin	tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding

English > *butterflyfish*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins.
Synonyms	flying gurnard, flying robin
Member of	Dactylopteridae, family Dactylopteridae	flying gurnards
Broader	scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish	fishes having the head armored with bony plates
Catalan	quetodòntid