"parrotfish" meaning in English

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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)
    Sense id: en-parrotfish-en-noun-gosVfU0H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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