Meanings
nounparrotfish (plural parrotfishes or parrotfish)
plural parrotfishes · alternative parrot fish · alternative parrot-fish
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.
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noungaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
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polly fishpollyfish
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian риба-папагал
- риба-папагал (riba-papagal)tropical marine fish
Catalan peix lloro
- peix llorotropical marine fish
Finnish papukaijakala
- papukaijakalatropical marine fish
German Papageifisch
- Papageifischtropical marine fish
Greek σκάρος
- σκάρος (skáros)tropical marine fish
Italian pesce pappagallo, scaro
- pesce pappagallotropical marine fish
- scarotropical marine fish
Polish papugoryba
- papugorybatropical marine fish
Portuguese peixe-papagaio
- peixe-papagaiotropical marine fish
Russian ры́ба-попуга́й
- ры́ба-попуга́й (rýba-popugáj)tropical marine fish
Spanish pez loro
- pez lorotropical marine fish
Cite this entry
APA
parrotfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrotfish
MLA
“parrotfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrotfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parrotfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrotfish.
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