Definitions for surgeonfishes

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surgeonfishes sur·geon·fish

Spelling: [sur-juh n-fish]

IPA: /ˈsɜr dʒənˌfɪʃ/

Surgeonfishes is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1055 anagrams from letters in surgeonfishes (eefghinorsssu).

Definitions for surgeonfishes

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 surgeonfishes

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