"parrotfish" meaning in English

See parrotfish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: parrotfishes [plural], parrotfish [plural]
Etymology: From parrot + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|parrot|fish}} parrot + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|parrotfish}} 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. Wikipedia link: parrotfish Categories (lifeform): Labroid fish Synonyms: parrot-fish Translations (tropical marine fish): риба-папагал (riba-papagal) [feminine] (Bulgarian), peix lloro [feminine] (Catalan), papukaijakala (Finnish), Papageifisch [masculine] (German), σκάρος (skáros) [masculine] (Greek), pesce pappagallo [masculine] (Italian), scaro [masculine] (Italian), dopwurpwur (Mokilese), sparysoma [feminine] (Polish), peixe-papagaio [masculine] (Portuguese), ры́ба-попуга́й (rýba-popugáj) [feminine] (Russian), pez loro [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "parrot",
        "3": "fish"
      },
      "expansion": "parrot + fish",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From parrot + fish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parrotfishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parrotfish",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "parrotfish"
      },
      "expansion": "parrotfish (plural parrotfishes or parrotfish)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mokilese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Labroid fish",
          "orig": "en:Labroid fish",
          "parents": [
            "Fish",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-parrotfish-en-noun-gosVfU0H",
      "links": [
        [
          "tropical",
          "tropical"
        ],
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "Scaridae",
          "Scaridae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "beak",
          "beak"
        ],
        [
          "algae",
          "algae"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "parrot-fish"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "riba-papagal",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "риба-папагал"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "peix lloro"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "word": "papukaijakala"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Papageifisch"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "skáros",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "σκάρος"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pesce pappagallo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scaro"
        },
        {
          "code": "mkj",
          "lang": "Mokilese",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "word": "dopwurpwur"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sparysoma"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "peixe-papagaio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rýba-popugáj",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ры́ба-попуга́й"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "tropical marine fish",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pez loro"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "parrotfish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "parrotfish"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "parrot",
        "3": "fish"
      },
      "expansion": "parrot + fish",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From parrot + fish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "parrotfishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "parrotfish",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "parrotfish"
      },
      "expansion": "parrotfish (plural parrotfishes or parrotfish)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English indeclinable nouns",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Mokilese translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Labroid fish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tropical",
          "tropical"
        ],
        [
          "marine",
          "marine"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "Scaridae",
          "Scaridae#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "beak",
          "beak"
        ],
        [
          "algae",
          "algae"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "parrotfish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "parrot-fish"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "riba-papagal",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "риба-папагал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peix lloro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "word": "papukaijakala"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Papageifisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skáros",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σκάρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesce pappagallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mkj",
      "lang": "Mokilese",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "word": "dopwurpwur"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sparysoma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peixe-papagaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rýba-popugáj",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ры́ба-попуга́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tropical marine fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pez loro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "parrotfish"
}

Download raw JSONL data for parrotfish meaning in English (3.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.