Surgeonfish

Meaning

Noun

●

In Acanthuroid fish:

Any of many

of reef-dwelling

, most of them

, of the family Acanthuridae. They

, scalpel-like,

on either

of the

peduncle.

Sourced from

Origin

surgeonfish

English

fish

English

fiscian

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

surgeon

English

surgien

Anglo-Norman

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