BUTTERFLY FISH


Meaning of BUTTERFLY FISH in English

Function: noun

Date: 1740

1 : any of a family (Chaetodontidae) of small brilliantly colored bony fishes of tropical seas with a narrow deep body and scaled fins

2 : a small brown freshwater bony fish ( Pantodon buchholzi of the family Pantodontidae) of western Africa that has elongate winglike pectoral fins

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