surgeonfish

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surgeonfish

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From surgeon + fish.

noun surgeonfishes · surgeonfish

Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.

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noun any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae

Español	acantúrido, pez cirujano
Français	poisson-chirurgien
Deutsch	Doktorfisch
Italiano	pesce chirurgo
Русский	ры́ба-хиру́рг rýba-xirúrg

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@misc{surgeonfish_2026,
  title = {surgeonfish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/surgeonfish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}