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Any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
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triggerfish
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin [also: triggerfishes (pl)]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Triggerfishes are about 40 species of often brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae . Often marked by lines and spots, they inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world, with the greatest species richness in the Indo-Pacific . Most ...
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n. Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.
Usage examples of triggerfish.
There were lobsters under every rock, schools of parrotfish, angelfish, triggerfish, surgeonfish, damselfish, hogfish, porgies, even occasional groupers.
I had angelfish and triggerfish and sergeant majors and clown fish-you know anything about tropicals?
I had angelfish and triggerfish and sergeant majors and clown fish—.