DOCTORFISH

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Meaning:

Surgeon fish of the West Indies

Synonyms:

Acanthurus chirurgus; doctor-fish; doctorfish

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Nouns denoting animals

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

surgeonfish (brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail)

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

Acanthurus; genus Acanthurus (type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes)

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