butterflyfish

2 definitions found

butterflyfish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  butterflyfish \butterflyfish\ n.
     tropical gurnardlike fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for
     underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins.
  
     Syn: flying gurnard, flying robin.
          [WordNet 1.5]

butterflyfish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  butterflyfish
      n 1: tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for
           underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins [syn: flying gurnard
           , flying robin, butterflyfish]