HyperDic: surgeonfish

English > 1 sense of the word surgeonfish:
NOUNanimalsurgeonfishbrightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail
English > surgeonfish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbrightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail.
Member ofAcanthuridae, family Acanthuridaesurgeonfishes
Narrowerdoctorfish, doctor-fish, Acanthurus chirurgussurgeon fish of the West Indies
Broaderpercoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

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