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English noun: butterflyfish

1. butterflyfish (animal) tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins


Synonymsflying gurnard, flying robin


Broader (hypernym)scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish


Member meronymDactylopteridae, family Dactylopteridae









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