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名詞

butterfly fish (plural butterfly fish or butterfly fishes)

1. Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
2. Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums.
3. The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans).
4. The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus).
5. The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis).
6. Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic.
7. A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.
8. Any of several brightly colored fishes.

   Hypernyms: fish < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature

   Hyponym: barberfish

参考

• butterfly fish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chaetodontidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Chaetodontidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pantodon buchholzi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Pantodon buchholzi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pterois volitans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Pterois volitans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Prickleback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Stichaeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dactyloptena orientalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Dactyloptena orientalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Exocoetus volitans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Exocoetus volitans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polyplacophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Polyplacophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

語源

From butterfly +‎ fish, from their bright colours.

名詞

butterflyfish (plural butterflyfishes or butterflyfish)

1. Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.