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单词 surgeonfish
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Definition of surgeonfish in English:

surgeonfish

nounPlural surgeonfishesˈsəːdʒ(ə)nfɪʃˈsərdʒənˌfɪʃ
  • A deep-bodied and typically brightly coloured tropical marine fish with a scalpel-like spine on each side of the tail.

    Family Acanthuridae: several genera and many species. See also tang, unicorn fish

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Emperor angelfish, moorish idols, surgeonfish and sergeant-majors greeted us in the 20-25m visibility at almost every corner.
    • There are busy cleaning stations along each metre of reef, some for surgeonfish, others for batfish, each seductively changing colour to attract the attention of the cleaning wrasses.
    • The powder blue surgeonfish from the Indo-Pacific Ocean is an uncommon variety.
    • This morphological signal also appears to persist, with the rabbitfishes, surgeonfishes (Acan - thuridae), damselfishes, and scats already occupying this space in the Eocene.
    • Fish are fed in this area, so shoals of angelfish, surgeonfish, damsels and sergeant majors approach divers without fear.
    • Schools of fusiliers and surgeonfish and over 400 other species of tropical fish have made it their home.
    • Acanthurids, commonly known as surgeonfishes, are characterized by the existence of the ‘scalpel,’ a distinctive spine or group of spines on either side of the tail base, hence the common name surgeonfish.
    • I could identify lion fish, clown fish and orangestripe surgeonfish.
    • Most of what you see here are coral fish like various wrasses, squirrelfish, Moorish Idols, parrotfish, angelfish, surgeonfish and butterflyfish.
    • Damselfish make up almost half, with angelfish, surgeonfish, wrasses, gobies, and butterfly fish accounting for another 25 to 30 percent.
    • Adult emperor angels, coral groupers and shoals of sweepers mingle in the little overhangs, while overhead swim great shoals of pencilled surgeonfish, yellow butterfly fish and brilliantly coloured Moorish idols.
    • On the morning dives we drifted in crystal currents, passing over orange gorgonians and red soft corals, and among schools of goatfish, snappers and surgeonfish.
    • Blue tang surgeonfish and striped parrotfish forage in large ‘roving’ groups, feeding from the algal turf defended by damselfish (Pomacentridae).
    • A shoal of surgeonfish sensibly moves out of harm's way.
    • Yellow Tang and surgeonfish sometimes employ scalpel-like fins against those who grab them.
    • At the same site we saw a pair of purple flame gobies, a fantastic blue-ribbon eel, clown triggerfish and a beautifully striped surgeonfish.
    • The upper part is the territory of the surgeonfish which savagely protects it by attacking divers when they approach.
    • Many species, such as parrotfish and surgeonfish, prospered on the algae covering that invades stricken coral reefs.
    • I am lifted from my rhythmic reverie when I am ambushed by a school of surgeonfish.
    • In the shallower water gather surgeonfish, triggerfish, scorpionfish, goatfish and giant clams.
 
 

Definition of surgeonfish in US English:

surgeonfish

nounˈsərdʒənˌfɪʃˈsərjənˌfiSH
  • A deep-bodied and typically brightly colored tropical marine fish with a scalpel-like spine on each side of the tail.

    Family Acanthuridae: several genera and many species. See also tang

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am lifted from my rhythmic reverie when I am ambushed by a school of surgeonfish.
    • Blue tang surgeonfish and striped parrotfish forage in large ‘roving’ groups, feeding from the algal turf defended by damselfish (Pomacentridae).
    • I could identify lion fish, clown fish and orangestripe surgeonfish.
    • Adult emperor angels, coral groupers and shoals of sweepers mingle in the little overhangs, while overhead swim great shoals of pencilled surgeonfish, yellow butterfly fish and brilliantly coloured Moorish idols.
    • On the morning dives we drifted in crystal currents, passing over orange gorgonians and red soft corals, and among schools of goatfish, snappers and surgeonfish.
    • Schools of fusiliers and surgeonfish and over 400 other species of tropical fish have made it their home.
    • A shoal of surgeonfish sensibly moves out of harm's way.
    • Yellow Tang and surgeonfish sometimes employ scalpel-like fins against those who grab them.
    • Acanthurids, commonly known as surgeonfishes, are characterized by the existence of the ‘scalpel,’ a distinctive spine or group of spines on either side of the tail base, hence the common name surgeonfish.
    • This morphological signal also appears to persist, with the rabbitfishes, surgeonfishes (Acan - thuridae), damselfishes, and scats already occupying this space in the Eocene.
    • The upper part is the territory of the surgeonfish which savagely protects it by attacking divers when they approach.
    • Damselfish make up almost half, with angelfish, surgeonfish, wrasses, gobies, and butterfly fish accounting for another 25 to 30 percent.
    • Many species, such as parrotfish and surgeonfish, prospered on the algae covering that invades stricken coral reefs.
    • There are busy cleaning stations along each metre of reef, some for surgeonfish, others for batfish, each seductively changing colour to attract the attention of the cleaning wrasses.
    • At the same site we saw a pair of purple flame gobies, a fantastic blue-ribbon eel, clown triggerfish and a beautifully striped surgeonfish.
    • The powder blue surgeonfish from the Indo-Pacific Ocean is an uncommon variety.
    • Most of what you see here are coral fish like various wrasses, squirrelfish, Moorish Idols, parrotfish, angelfish, surgeonfish and butterflyfish.
    • In the shallower water gather surgeonfish, triggerfish, scorpionfish, goatfish and giant clams.
    • Emperor angelfish, moorish idols, surgeonfish and sergeant-majors greeted us in the 20-25m visibility at almost every corner.
    • Fish are fed in this area, so shoals of angelfish, surgeonfish, damsels and sergeant majors approach divers without fear.
 
 
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