释义 |
butterfly fish noun 1. : any of various fishes having variegated colors, broad expanded fins, or both: as a. : ocellated blenny b. : flying gurnard c. : a flying fish (Exocoetus volitans) of the Atlantic d. : any of numerous small brilliantly colored carnivorous spiny-finned fishes of tropical seas that constitute the family Chaetodontidae and have narrow deep bodies and fins partly covered with scales e. : a small brown fish (Pantodon buchholzi) of the streams of western Africa that has elongate lacy pectoral fins suggestive of wings and is often kept in the tropical aquarium f. : butterfly cod 2. : chiton 2 |