"butterfly fish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butterfly fish [plural], butterfly fishes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|butterfly fish|+}} butterfly fish (plural butterfly fish or butterfly fishes)
  1. Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae. Categories (lifeform): Beloniform fish, Osteoglossomorph fish, Percoid fish, Scorpaeniform fish, Zoarcoid fish Related terms: Chaetodontidae on Wikipedia (english: Chaetodontidae), Pantodon buchholzi on Wikipedia. - Pantodon buchholzi, Pterois volitans on Wikipedia. - Pterois volitans, Prickleback on Wikipedia (english: Stichaeidae), Dactyloptena orientalis on Wikipedia. - Dactyloptena orientalis, Exocoetus volitans on Wikipedia. - Exocoetus volitans, Polyplacophora on Wikipedia (english: Polyplacophora) Translations (any fish of the family Chaetodontidae): perhokala (Finnish), Korallenfisch (German), щетинозу́б (ščetinozúb) [masculine] (Russian), ры́ба-ба́бочка (rýba-bábočka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-butterfly_fish-en-noun-I1~KQycE Disambiguation of Beloniform fish: 27 20 6 1 13 21 4 8 Disambiguation of Osteoglossomorph fish: 27 20 6 0 13 21 4 8 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 27 20 6 1 13 21 4 9 Disambiguation of Scorpaeniform fish: 27 20 6 0 13 21 4 8 Disambiguation of Zoarcoid fish: 27 20 6 1 13 21 4 8 Disambiguation of 'any fish of the family Chaetodontidae': 66 7 5 0 4 9 2 7
  2. Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums. Translations (Pantodon buchholzi): perhoskala (Finnish), Schmetterlingsfisch (German), ры́ба-ба́бочка (rýba-bábočka) [feminine] (Russian), пресново́дная ры́ба-ба́бочка (presnovódnaja rýba-bábočka) [feminine] (Russian), ры́ба-мотылёк (rýba-motyljók) [feminine] (Russian), пантодо́н (pantodón) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-butterfly_fish-en-noun-bC0HLAbh Disambiguation of 'Pantodon buchholzi': 7 55 9 0 13 6 6 5
  3. The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans).
    Sense id: en-butterfly_fish-en-noun-UTbT6e5y
  4. The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus).
    Sense id: en-butterfly_fish-en-noun-MpiDS8QU
  5. The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis). Categories (lifeform): Mollusks
    Sense id: en-butterfly_fish-en-noun-MrrKR9vJ Disambiguation of Mollusks: 11 8 11 1 33 11 16 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 11 0 39 9 8 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 6 7 1 50 7 5 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 9 13 1 33 10 10 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 8 13 1 34 10 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 8 9 2 35 10 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 7 8 2 44 10 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 6 8 1 45 8 7 17
  6. Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic.
    Sense id: en-butterfly_fish-en-noun-GjwHyZUR
  7. A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.
    Sense id: en-butterfly_fish-en-noun-rQJwnlhe
  8. Any of several brightly colored fishes
    Sense id: en-butterfly_fish-en-noun-XUrDWJmf

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