butterflyfish

butterflyfish
/but"euhr fluy'fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) butterflyfishes, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) butterflyfish.
1. any tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae, having large, broad fins or brilliant coloration, or both.
3. a blenny, Blennius ocellaris, of Europe.
[1730-40; BUTTERFLY + FISH]

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