SURGEONFISH

Meaning of SURGEONFISH in English

noun Date: 1871 any of a family (Acanthuridae) of tropical bony fishes that have a laterally compressed body and typically a movable spine on each side of the body near the base of the tail capable of inflicting a painful wound

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SURGEONFISH — or tang Any of about 75 species (family Acanthuridae) of thin, deep-bodied, tropical marine fishes that are small-scaled, with a …
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SURGEONFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: surgeon + fish; from the lancelike spines suggesting a surgeon's instruments : any of numerous spiny-finned fishes …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SURGEONFISH — /serr"jeuhn fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) surgeonfish , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SURGEONFISH — noun Date: 1871 : any of a family (Acanthuridae) of tropical bony fishes that have a laterally compressed body and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SURGEONFISH — ■ noun ( plural same or ~es ) a tropical marine fish with a scalpel-like spine on each side of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SURGEONFISH — [sur.geon.fish] n (1871): any of a family (Acanthuridae) of tropical bony fishes that have toxic flesh and typically a movable …
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SURGEONFISH — also called Tang any of about 75 species of thin, deep-bodied, tropical marine fishes of the family Acanthuridae (order Perciformes). …
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SURGEONFISH — n. or tang Any of about 75 species (family Acanthuridae) of thin, deep-bodied, tropical marine fishes that are small-scaled, with …
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SURGEONFISH — зоол. рыба-хирург (Acanthurus) (зоология) рыба-хирург (Acanthurus)
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SURGEONFISH — n зоол. рыба-хирург ( Acanthurus )
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SURGEONFISH — зоол. рыба-хирург (Acanthurus)
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SURGEONFISH — (n) рыба-хирург
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SURGEONFISH — n зоол. рыба-хирург ( Acanthurus )
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SURGEONFISH — n зоол. рыба-хирург ( Acanthurus )
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SURGEONFISH — зоол. рыба-хирург (Acanthurus) (зоология) рыба-хирург (Acanthurus)
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SURGEONFISH — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ fish Function: noun Date: 1871 : any of a family (Acanthuridae) of tropical bony fishes that …
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BLUE TANG — noun Etymology: 1tang (surgeonfish) Date: circa 1902 a surgeonfish ( Acanthurus coeruleus ) that is bright blue with darker longitudinal …
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TANG — I. ˈtaŋ, -aiŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tang, tange, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse tangi …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SURGEON — ˈsərjən, ˈsə̄j-, ˈsəij- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English surgien, from Anglo-French, contraction of Old French serurgien, cirurgien, from …
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MEDICO — ˈmedə̇ˌkō, -dēˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian medico or Spanish médico, both from Latin medicus — more at medical …
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LANCET FISH — noun 1. : any of several large voracious deep-sea fishes of the genus Alepisaurus (as A. ferox ) having long …
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DOCTORFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from the sharp spines on each side of the tail : surgeonfish
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BARBERO — bärˈbe(ˌ)rō noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, from Spanish, barber, from barba beard, from Latin — more at beard …
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TANG — tang 1 /tang/ , n. 1. a strong taste or flavor. 2. the distinctive flavor or quality of a thing. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOCTORFISH — /dok"teuhr fish'/ , n. , pl. doctorfishes , ( esp. collectively ) doctorfish . a surgeonfish, esp. Acanthurus chirurgus, of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLUE TANG — Etymology: tang (I) (surgeonfish) Date: circa 1902 : a surgeonfish ( Acanthurus coeruleus ) that is bright blue with darker …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TANG — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 a strong taste, flavour, or smell. 2》 the projection on the blade of a knife …
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FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
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РЫБА-ХИРУРГ — зоол. surgeonfish
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