surgeonfish

Questions

What does surgeonfish mean?

Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.

Where does surgeonfish come from?

From surgeon + fish.

How to pronounce surgeonfish

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