balistidae

Noun
  1. Triggerfishes (synset 102655609)
    is a type of: fish family - any of various families of fish
    member holonym:
    • triggerfish - any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
    • balistes, genus balistes - type genus of the Balistidae
    • filefish - narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
    belongs to: order plectognathi, order tetraodontiformes, plectognathi - boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
    same as: family balistidae

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