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surgeonfish definition

☆ surgeon·fish (-fis̸h′)

noun pl. surgeonfish -·fish′, surgeonfishes -·fish′es

any of a family (Acanthuridae) of edible, usually brightly colored, tropical percoid sea fishes with one or more movable, lancelike spines on either side of the base of the tail

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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