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triggerfish in British English
(ˈtrɪɡəˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural -fish or -fishes
any plectognath fish of the family Balistidae, of tropical and temperate seas. They have a compressed body with erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
triggerfish in American English
(ˈtrɪgərˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural ˈtriggerˌfish or ˈtriggerˌfishes
any of various brightly colored tropical fishes (family Balistidae) of the same order (Tetraodontiformes) as puffers, having a prominent first dorsal fin with two or three spines
Word origin
because depression of the second spine of the fin causes the first to snap downImage oftriggerfish
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