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doctorfish

[ dok-ter-fish ]

noun

, plural doc·tor·fish·es, (especially collectively) doc·tor·fish.
  1. a surgeonfish, especially Acanthurus chirurgus, of the West Indies, having a bluish body and black tail.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of doctorfish1

First recorded in 1825–35; so named from the knifelike rays on its tail

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