surgeonfish

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noun

Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.

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Meanings

nounsurgeonfish (plural surgeonfishes or surgeonfish)

plural surgeonfishes

  1. Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

From surgeon + fish.

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Translations

Afrikaans doktervis
  • doktervisany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Bulgarian риба-хирург
  • риба-хирург (riba-hirurg)any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Catalan acantúrid
  • acantúridany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Dutch doktersvis
  • doktersvisany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Finnish välskäri
  • välskäriany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
French poisson-chirurgien
  • poisson-chirurgienany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
German Doktorfisch
  • Doktorfischany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Hungarian doktorhalfélék
  • doktorhalfélékany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Italian pesce chirurgo
  • pesce chirurgoany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Norwegian kirurgfisk
  • kirurgfiskany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Polish cyrulik
  • cyrulikany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Russian ры́ба-хиру́рг
  • ры́ба-хиру́рг (rýba-xirúrg)any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Spanish acantúrido, pez cirujano
  • acantúridoany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
  • pez cirujanoany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Swedish kirurgfisk
  • kirurgfiskany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Tagalog labahita, indangan
  • labahitaany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
  • indanganany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Turkish cerrah balığı
  • cerrah balığıany of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Ukrainian хирург-риба
  • хирург-риба (xyrurh-ryba)any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Acanthuridae
Cite this entry
APA

surgeonfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgeonfish

MLA

“surgeonfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgeonfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surgeonfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgeonfish.

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