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surgeonfishes
Variant of surgeonfish
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noun pl. surgeonfish, surgeonfishes
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
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