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butterfly fishes

butterfly fishes is the plural of butterfly fish.

Meaning of butterfly fish

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.

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Questions about butterfly fishes

What is butterfly fishes the plural of?
Butterfly fishes is the plural of butterfly fish.

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