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butterfly fish

butterfly fish noun: any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.

Noun

butterfly fish (plural butterfly fish or butterfly fishes)

  1. Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
  2. Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums.
  3. The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans).
  4. The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus).
  5. The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis).
  6. Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic.
  7. A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.
  8. Any of several brightly colored fishes.

butterfly fish meaning in Tamil

butterfly fish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of butterfly fish

pluralbutterfly fish
pluralbutterfly fishes

Questions about butterfly fish

What does butterfly fish mean?
Butterfly fish means any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
What is butterfly fish in Tamil?
Butterfly fish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Butterfly fish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is butterfly fish?
Butterfly fish is a noun.
What is the plural of butterfly fish?
The plural of butterfly fish is butterfly fish.

Words near butterfly fish in the dictionary

  1. butterfly crabs
  2. butterfly door
  3. butterfly doors
  4. butterfly effect
  5. butterfly effects
  6. butterfly fish
  7. butterfly fishes
  8. butterfly ginger
  9. butterfly keyboard
  10. butterfly keyboards
  11. butterfly kick

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