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DOCTORFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does doctorfish mean?
• DOCTORFISH (noun)
The noun DOCTORFISH has 1 sense:
1. surgeon fish of the West Indies
Familiarity information: DOCTORFISH 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 ("doctorfish" is a kind of...):
surgeonfish (brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail)
Holonyms ("doctorfish" is a member of...):
Acanthurus; genus Acanthurus (type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes)
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