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parrotfish

parrotfish noun: 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.

parrotfish: any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth...
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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

parrotfish meaning in Tamil

parrotfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of parrotfish

Forms of parrotfish

pluralparrotfishes
pluralparrotfish
alternative formparrot fish
alternative formparrot-fish

Origin of parrotfish

From parrot + fish.

Words formed from parrotfish

Questions about parrotfish

What does parrotfish mean?
Parrotfish means 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.
What is parrotfish in Tamil?
Parrotfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Parrotfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parrotfish?
Parrotfish is a noun.
What is the plural of parrotfish?
The plural of parrotfish is parrotfishes.

Words near parrotfish in the dictionary

  1. parrotese
  2. parrotfeather
  3. parrotfeathers
  4. parrotfinch
  5. parrotfinches
  6. parrotfish
  7. parrotfishes
  8. Parrothead
  9. Parrotheads
  10. parrothood
  11. parrothouse

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