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surgeonfish

[ sur-juhn-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) sur·geon·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) sur·geon·fish·es.
  1. any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.

surgeonfish

/ ˈsɜːdʒənˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of surgeonfish1

1870–75, Americanism; surgeon + fish; so called from the resemblance of its spines to a surgeon's instruments

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