Meanings
nounbutterfly fish (plural butterfly fish or butterfly fishes)
plural butterfly fishes
- Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
- Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums.
- The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans).
- The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus).
- The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis).
- Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic.
- A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.
- Any of several brightly colored fishes.
Translations
Finnish perhokala, perhoskala
- perhokalaany fish of the family Chaetodontidae
- perhoskalaPantodon buchholzi
German Korallenfisch, Schmetterlingsfisch
- Korallenfischany fish of the family Chaetodontidae
- SchmetterlingsfischPantodon buchholzi
Russian щетинозу́б, ры́ба-ба́бочка
- щетинозу́б (ščetinozúb)any fish of the family Chaetodontidae
- ры́ба-ба́бочка (rýba-bábočka)any fish of the family Chaetodontidae
- ры́ба-ба́бочка (rýba-bábočka)Pantodon buchholzi
- пресново́дная ры́ба-ба́бочка (presnovódnaja rýba-bábočka)Pantodon buchholzi
- ры́ба-мотылёк (rýba-motyljók)Pantodon buchholzi
- пантодо́н (pantodón)Pantodon buchholzi
Swahili kipepeo
- kipepeoany fish of the family Chaetodontidae
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