butterfly fish

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Definitions of butterfly fish words

noun butterfly fish any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae 3
noun butterfly fish Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae. 0
noun butterfly fish Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums. 0
noun butterfly fish The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans). 0
noun butterfly fish The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus). 0
noun butterfly fish The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis). 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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