butterfly fish


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but′terfly fish`

or but′ter•fly•fish`,


n.
any of various colored tropical fishes of the family Chaetodontidae, having deep, narrow bodies and darting movements suggestive of a butterfly.
[1735–45]
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Noun1.butterfly fish - small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad finsbutterfly fish - small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Chaetodontidae, family Chaetodontidae - butterfly fishes
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
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