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Raresurgeonfish
The correct spelling is surgeonfish.
How to pronounce surgeonfish
noun
Say it like: Sur-jeo-nfi-sh
The correct spelling is surgeonfish. Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They are named "surgeonfish" because they bear erectile, scalpel-like, d…
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- 1.Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They are named "surgeonfish" because they bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.
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