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POLLYFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pollyfish mean?
• POLLYFISH (noun)
The noun POLLYFISH has 1 sense:
1. gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
Familiarity information: POLLYFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
parrotfish; polly fish; pollyfish
Hypernyms ("pollyfish" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("pollyfish" is a member of...):
family Scaridae; Scaridae (parrotfishes)
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