"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: 29 21 5 1 11 23 3 8 Disambiguation of Osteoglossomorph fish: 28 21 5 0 12 22 3 8 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 29 21 5 1 10 22 3 8 Disambiguation of Scorpaeniform fish: 28 21 5 0 12 22 3 8 Disambiguation of Zoarcoid fish: 29 21 5 1 11 23 3 8 Disambiguation of 'any fish of the family Chaetodontidae': 69 7 4 0 2 9 2 6
  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': 6 63 8 0 8 5 5 4
  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: 10 7 10 1 31 12 19 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 11 0 39 9 8 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 6 8 1 54 8 6 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 8 10 1 38 9 8 14
  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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