butterflyfish
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but·ter·fly·fish
(bŭt′ər-flī′fĭsh′)n.
1. Any of various small tropical marine fishes of the family Chaetodontidae, having a laterally compressed body with bright colors and patterns.
2. Any of various fishes with broad winglike fins.
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butterflyfish
n
(Animals) any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae. See also angelfish 1
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Noun 1. [画像:butterflyfish - tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding]butterflyfish - tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony plates
Dactylopteridae, family Dactylopteridae - flying gurnards
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