rock beauty
noun
a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
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Origin of rock beauty
First recorded in 1890–95
Words nearby rock beauty
Rockall, rock-and-roll, rock and rye, rockaway, rock bass, rock beauty, rock blenny, rock bolt, rock boot, rock borer, rock bottom
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