triggerfish

English

Etymology

From trigger +‎ fish.

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Noun

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Wikipedia

triggerfish (plural triggerfish or triggerfishes)

1. Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.

Derived terms

• bigspotted triggerfish
• blackbar triggerfish
• bluespotted triggerfish
• clown triggerfish
• flat-tailed triggerfish
• gray triggerfish
• lagoon triggerfish
• reef triggerfish
• spotted triggerfish
• starry triggerfish
• yellowmargin triggerfish

Translations

fish

Catalan: ballesta (ca), porcell (ca) m Dhivehi: ރޮނޑު އާއިލާ (roⁿḍu āilā) Finnish: säppikala French: baliste (fr) m Italian: pesce balestra m Korean: 쥐치복 (jwichibok) Mokilese: pwupw Polish: rogatnica (pl) f Russian: спиноро́г m (spinoróg) Serbo-Croatian: риба окидач (риба окидач)

See also

• humuhumunukunukuapuaa