Definitions for surgeonfish

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surgeonfish sur·geon·fish

Spelling: [sur-juh n-fish]

IPA: /ˈsɜr dʒənˌfɪʃ/

Surgeonfish is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 851 anagrams from letters in surgeonfish (efghinorssu).

Definitions for surgeonfish

noun

1. any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.

Origin of surgeonfish

1870-75, Americanism; surgeon + fish; so called from the resemblance of its spines to a surgeon's instruments