English noun: triggerfish | |||
1. | triggerfish (animal) any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin | ||
Broader (hypernym) | plectognath, plectognath fish | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Balistes vetula, Bessy cerca, oldwench, oldwife, queen triggerfish | ||
Member meronym | Balistidae, family Balistidae | ||