Meaning Of The Word Surgeonfish

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surgeonfish in American English
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
noun: any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin

surgeonfish in British English
noun: any tropical marine spiny-finned fish of the family Acanthuridae, having a compressed brightly coloured body with one or more knifelike spines at the base of the tail

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