triggerfish

English

A triggerfish

Etymology

trigger +‎ fish

Noun

triggerfish (plural triggerfish or triggerfishes)

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

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

fish

• Catalan: ballesta (ca), porcell (ca) m
• Dhivehi: ރޮނޑު އާއިލާ (roⁿḍu āilā)
• Finnish: säppikala
• French: baliste (fr) m
• Italian: pesce balestra m
• Mokilese: pwupw
• Polish: rogatnica (pl)
• Russian: спиноро́г m (spinoróg)
• Serbo-Croatian: риба окидач (риба окидач)

See also

• humuhumunukunukuapuaa