triggerfish

triggerfish [trig-er-fish] WORD ORIGIN noun, plural (especially collectively) trig·ger·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) trig·ger·fish·es. any of various compressed, deep-bodied fishes of the genus Balistes and allied genera, chiefly inhabiting tropical seas, having an anterior dorsal fin with three stout spines: some are edible while others are poisonous. Liberaldictionary.com

Is It Time For All Couples To Use The Term Partner?

Can You Translate These Famous Phrases From Emoji?

These Are the Longest Words in English

These Are the Saddest Phrases in English

Origin of triggerfish First recorded in 1880–85; trigger + fish Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for triggerfish triggerfish noun plural -fish or -fishes any plectognath fish of the family Balistidae, of tropical and temperate seas. They have a compressed body with erectile spines in the first dorsal fin Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012