surgeonfish

sur·geon·fish

S0915800 (sûr′jən-fĭsh′)n. pl. surgeonfish or sur·geon·fish·es Any of various brightly colored tropical marine fishes of the family Acanthuridae, having a laterally compressed body with one or more sharp erectile spines near the base of the tail, and often kept in home aquariums. Also called tang.

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[From its lancetlike spines, which resemble surgeons' instruments.]

surgeonfish

(ˈsɜːdʒənˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) any tropical marine spiny-finned fish of the family Acanthuridae, having a compressed brightly coloured body with one or more knifelike spines at the base of the tail

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surgeonfish - brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tailpercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order PerciformesAcanthuridae, family Acanthuridae - surgeonfishesAcanthurus chirurgus, doctorfish, doctor-fish - surgeon fish of the West Indies

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