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POLLY FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polly fish mean? 

POLLY FISH (noun)
  The noun POLLY FISH has 1 sense:

1. gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teethplay

  Familiarity information: POLLY FISH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POLLY FISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

parrotfish; polly fish; pollyfish

Hypernyms ("polly fish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("polly fish" is a member of...):

family Scaridae; Scaridae (parrotfishes)


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