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trigger-fish

trigger-fish is the alternative spelling of triggerfish.

Meaning of triggerfish

Noun

triggerfish (plural triggerfish or triggerfishes)

  1. Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.

Forms of trigger-fish

pluraltrigger-fish
pluraltrigger-fishes

Questions about trigger-fish

What is trigger-fish the alternative spelling of?
Trigger-fish is the alternative spelling of triggerfish.

Words near trigger-fish in the dictionary

  1. trigger warning
  2. trigger warnings
  3. trigger word
  4. trigger words
  5. Trigger's broom
  6. trigger-fish
  7. trigger-happiness
  8. trigger-happy
  9. triggerable
  10. triggered
  11. triggerer

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