surgeonfish
Plural: surgeonfish, surgeonfishes
Noun
- brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail
- Any of many species of reef-dwelling fishes, most of them brightly coloured, of the family Acanthuridae. They bear erectile, scalpel-like, dangerously sharp spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.
Origin / Etymology
From surgeon + fish.
Scrabble Score: 18
surgeonfish: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsurgeonfish: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
surgeonfish: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
surgeonfish: valid Words With Friends Word