butterfly fish

/ˌbʌdərˈflaɪ fɪʃ/
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Definitions of butterfly fish
  1. noun
    small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
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    types:
    chaetodon
    any fish of the genus Chaetodon
    angelfish
    a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
    Holocanthus tricolor, rock beauty
    gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil
    type of:
    percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
    any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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