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parrot-fish

parrot-fish is the alternative form of parrotfish.

Meaning of parrotfish

Noun

parrotfish (plural parrotfishes or parrotfish)

  1. Any 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.
    Synonyms:
    sea parrot

Forms of parrot-fish

pluralparrot-fishes
pluralparrot-fish

Questions about parrot-fish

What is parrot-fish the alternative form of?
Parrot-fish is the alternative form of parrotfish.

Words near parrot-fish in the dictionary

  1. parrot snakes
  2. parrot weed
  3. parrot's bill
  4. parrot's-feather
  5. parrot-fashion
  6. parrot-fish
  7. parrot-fishes
  8. parrot-like
  9. parrot-toed
  10. parrotbill
  11. parrotbills

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