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Noun: triggerfish  'tri-gur`fish
  1. Any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin

Derived forms: triggerfishes

Type of: plectognath, plectognath fish

Part of: Balistidae, family Balistidae

Encyclopedia: Triggerfish