| English Dictionary |
ACANTHURUS CHIRURGUS
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Acanthurus chirurgus mean?
• ACANTHURUS CHIRURGUS (noun)
The noun ACANTHURUS CHIRURGUS has 1 sense:
1. surgeon fish of the West Indies
Familiarity information: ACANTHURUS CHIRURGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgeon fish of the West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Acanthurus chirurgus; doctor-fish; doctorfish
Hypernyms ("Acanthurus chirurgus" is a kind of...):
surgeonfish (brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail)
Holonyms ("Acanthurus chirurgus" is a member of...):
Acanthurus; genus Acanthurus (type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Life begins at forty." (English proverb)
"Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"Human thinks and God plans." (Arabic proverb)
"If a caged bird isn't singing for love, it's singing in a rage." (Corsican proverb)
"Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"Human thinks and God plans." (Arabic proverb)
"If a caged bird isn't singing for love, it's singing in a rage." (Corsican proverb)