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butterfly fish

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
but-ter-fly- -fish
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.

noun

Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums.

noun

The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans).

noun

The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus).

noun

The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis).

noun

Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic.

noun

A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.

noun

Any of several brightly colored fishes.

Inflected Forms

butterfly fishes (plural)

Phrases

Chaetodontidae on Wikipedia Pantodon buchholzi on Wikipedia. - Pantodon buchholzi Pterois volitans on Wikipedia. - Pterois volitans Prickleback on Wikipedia Dactyloptena orientalis on Wikipedia. - Dactyloptena orientalis Exocoetus volitans on Wikipedia. - Exocoetus volitans Polyplacophora on Wikipedia

Frequently Paired Words

Chaetodontidae on Wikipedia Pantodon buchholzi on Wikipedia. - Pantodon buchholzi Pterois volitans on Wikipedia. - Pterois volitans Prickleback on Wikipedia Dactyloptena orientalis on Wikipedia. - Dactyloptena orientalis Exocoetus volitans on Wikipedia. - Exocoetus volitans Polyplacophora on Wikipedia

Questions

What does butterfly fish mean?
Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.

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