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PARROTFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: parrotfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth

Synonyms:

parrotfish; polly fish; pollyfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

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

family Scaridae; Scaridae (parrotfishes)

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