[trig-er-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any of various compressed, deep-bodied fishes of the genus Balistes and allied genera, chiefly inhabiting tropical seas, having an anterior dorsal fin with three stout spines: some are edible while others are poisonous. |
| trig·ger·fish (trĭg'ər-fĭsh') n. pl. triggerfish or trig·ger·fish·es Any of various brightly colored fishes of the family Balistidae of warm coastal waters, having a roundish body and an erectile spine on the anterior dorsal fin that locks upright when the fish is threatened. |