Definition of triggerfish Triggerfish

trig•ger•fish

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What does triggerfish mean?

Noun Plural: triggerfishes
triggerfish - any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
		plectognath, plectognath fish tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
		balistidae, family balistidae triggerfishes

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triggerfish (Noun)
Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs, and have an erectile spine on its dorsal fin.