surgeonfish
IPA: sˈɝdʒʌnfɪʃ
noun
- Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.
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Examples of "surgeonfish" in Sentences
- It is closely related to the surgeonfish.
- Yellow tang are in the surgeonfish family.
- A radioactive surgeonfish makes its own x ray.
- The surgeonfish are named for this scalpel like spine.
- The suborder includes the surgeonfish and Moorish idol.
- The company logo is a surgeonfish the powder blue tang.
- It is probably the only surgeonfish that readily takes bait.
- Manta rays also gather to eat the eggs of spawning surgeonfish.