parrotfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.

Word forms

parrotfish parrotfishes parrot-fish

Etymology

From parrot + fish.

Derived words

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