BUTTERFLYFISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins

Synonyms:

butterflyfish; flying gurnard; flying robin

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("butterflyfish" is a kind of...):

scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

Holonyms ("butterflyfish" is a member of...):

Dactylopteridae; family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)

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