triggerfish

Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.

Noun

  1. Any of several brightly coloured fish, of the family Balistidae, that inhabit tropical reefs and have an erectile spine on the dorsal fin.

Origin

Etymology tree English trigger Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English triggerfish From trigger + fish. First attested in the 1840s.

Forms

triggerfish triggerfishes trigger-fish

Related

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Derived

bigspotted triggerfish blackbar triggerfish bluespotted triggerfish clown triggerfish flat-tailed triggerfish gray triggerfish lagoon triggerfish reef triggerfish spotted triggerfish starry triggerfish yellowmargin triggerfish