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DOCTOR-FISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does doctor-fish mean?
• DOCTOR-FISH (noun)
The noun DOCTOR-FISH has 1 sense:
1. surgeon fish of the West Indies
Familiarity information: DOCTOR-FISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgeon fish of the West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Acanthurus chirurgus; doctor-fish; doctorfish
Hypernyms ("doctor-fish" is a kind of...):
surgeonfish (brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail)
Holonyms ("doctor-fish" is a member of...):
Acanthurus; genus Acanthurus (type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes)
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