butterfly fish
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butterfly fish
noun butterfly fish · butterfly fishes
- Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
- Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums.
- The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans).
- The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus).
- The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis).
- Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic.
- A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.
- Any of several brightly colored fishes.
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noun any fish of the family Chaetodontidae
| Kiswahili | kipepeo |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Korallenfisch |
| Русский | щетинозу́б ščetinozúb, ры́ба-ба́бочка rýba-bábočka |
noun Pantodon buchholzi
| Deutsch | Schmetterlingsfisch |
|---|---|
| Русский | ры́ба-ба́бочка rýba-bábočka, пресново́дная ры́ба-ба́бочка presnovódnaja rýba-bábočka, ры́ба-мотылёк rýba-motyljók, пантодо́н pantodón |
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title = {butterfly fish},
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