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It has scalpellike spines on its tail
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surgeonfish
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n. Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family ''Acanthuridae'', that have an erect spine near the tail
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n. brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail [also: surgeonfishes (pl)]
Usage examples of surgeonfish.
There were lobsters under every rock, schools of parrotfish, angelfish, triggerfish, surgeonfish, damselfish, hogfish, porgies, even occasional groupers.