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but·ter·fly·fish (-fis̸h′)
noun pl. butterflyfish -·fish′, butterflyfishes -·fish′es
any of a percoid family (Chaetodontidae) of small, brightly colored, usually yellow, tropical reef fishes
also written butterfly fish
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