BUTTERFLYFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butterflyfish mean? 

• BUTTERFLYFISH (noun)
  The noun BUTTERFLYFISH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BUTTERFLYFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTERFLYFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

butterflyfish; flying gurnard; flying robin

Hypernyms ("butterflyfish" is a kind of...):

scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

Holonyms ("butterflyfish" is a member of...):

Dactylopteridae; family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)