Definition of parrotfish in English:

parrotfish

nounPlural parrotfishes ˈparətfɪʃˈpɛrətˌfɪʃ

1Any of a number of brightly coloured marine fish with a parrot-like beak, which they use to scrape food from coral and other hard surfaces.
鹦嘴鱼；鹦鹉鱼
a widespread fish of warm seas which may secrete a mucous cocoon to deter predators (family Scaridae: Scarus and other genera).
an edible fish of the southern Indian ocean (Oplegnathus conwayi, family Oplegnathidae).
Example sentencesExamples
- Amid the coral and sponge branches you will find hamlets, basslets, parrotfish and moray eels.
- They also learned at least one species, the rainbow parrotfish, depends on mangroves for its very survival.
- As parrotfish graze they scrape away minute bits of white coral limestone along with the algae covering.
- The oldest fossils of parrotfishes, including one eroding species, are all of Miocene age.
- I eyed a buxom coral trout with blue spots on a pink background - they make good eating - and listened to the parrotfish gnawing the coral.
2Australian NZ A brightly coloured marine fish, especially one of the wrasse family.
〈澳〉鹦嘴鱼（尤指隆头鱼科的一种）
Several species in the family Labridae
Example sentencesExamples
- Parrotfishes have traditionally been given their own family but current phylogenetic data suggest that parrotfishes are one radiation within the Labridae.
- Off Byron the parrotfish and nice size squire and snapper are appearing.
- Outside of Ballina there have been some nice catches of pearl perch and parrotfish; while off Evans Head there have been some nice catches of snapper.

Definition of parrotfish in US English:

parrotfish

nounˈpɛrətˌfɪʃˈperətˌfiSH

1Any of a number of brightly colored marine fish with a parrot-like beak, which they use to scrape food from coral and other hard surfaces.
鹦嘴鱼；鹦鹉鱼
a widespread fish of warm seas that may secrete a mucous cocoon to deter predators (family Scaridae: Scarus and other genera)
an edible fish of the southern Indian ocean (Oplegnathus conwayi, family Oplegnathidae)
Example sentencesExamples
- The oldest fossils of parrotfishes, including one eroding species, are all of Miocene age.
- Amid the coral and sponge branches you will find hamlets, basslets, parrotfish and moray eels.
- I eyed a buxom coral trout with blue spots on a pink background - they make good eating - and listened to the parrotfish gnawing the coral.
- As parrotfish graze they scrape away minute bits of white coral limestone along with the algae covering.
- They also learned at least one species, the rainbow parrotfish, depends on mangroves for its very survival.
2Australian NZ A brightly colored marine fish, especially one of the wrasse family.
〈澳〉鹦嘴鱼（尤指隆头鱼科的一种）
Several species in the family Labridae
Example sentencesExamples
- Parrotfishes have traditionally been given their own family but current phylogenetic data suggest that parrotfishes are one radiation within the Labridae.
- Outside of Ballina there have been some nice catches of pearl perch and parrotfish; while off Evans Head there have been some nice catches of snapper.
- Off Byron the parrotfish and nice size squire and snapper are appearing.

单词	parrotfish
释义	Definition of parrotfish in English: parrotfish nounPlural parrotfishes ˈparətfɪʃˈpɛrətˌfɪʃ 1Any of a number of brightly coloured marine fish with a parrot-like beak, which they use to scrape food from coral and other hard surfaces. 鹦嘴鱼；鹦鹉鱼 a widespread fish of warm seas which may secrete a mucous cocoon to deter predators (family Scaridae: Scarus and other genera). an edible fish of the southern Indian ocean (Oplegnathus conwayi, family Oplegnathidae). Example sentencesExamples Amid the coral and sponge branches you will find hamlets, basslets, parrotfish and moray eels. They also learned at least one species, the rainbow parrotfish, depends on mangroves for its very survival. As parrotfish graze they scrape away minute bits of white coral limestone along with the algae covering. The oldest fossils of parrotfishes, including one eroding species, are all of Miocene age. I eyed a buxom coral trout with blue spots on a pink background - they make good eating - and listened to the parrotfish gnawing the coral. 2Australian NZ A brightly coloured marine fish, especially one of the wrasse family. 〈澳〉鹦嘴鱼（尤指隆头鱼科的一种） Several species in the family Labridae Example sentencesExamples Parrotfishes have traditionally been given their own family but current phylogenetic data suggest that parrotfishes are one radiation within the Labridae. Off Byron the parrotfish and nice size squire and snapper are appearing. Outside of Ballina there have been some nice catches of pearl perch and parrotfish; while off Evans Head there have been some nice catches of snapper. Definition of parrotfish in US English: parrotfish nounˈpɛrətˌfɪʃˈperətˌfiSH 1Any of a number of brightly colored marine fish with a parrot-like beak, which they use to scrape food from coral and other hard surfaces. 鹦嘴鱼；鹦鹉鱼 a widespread fish of warm seas that may secrete a mucous cocoon to deter predators (family Scaridae: Scarus and other genera) an edible fish of the southern Indian ocean (Oplegnathus conwayi, family Oplegnathidae) Example sentencesExamples The oldest fossils of parrotfishes, including one eroding species, are all of Miocene age. Amid the coral and sponge branches you will find hamlets, basslets, parrotfish and moray eels. I eyed a buxom coral trout with blue spots on a pink background - they make good eating - and listened to the parrotfish gnawing the coral. As parrotfish graze they scrape away minute bits of white coral limestone along with the algae covering. They also learned at least one species, the rainbow parrotfish, depends on mangroves for its very survival. 2Australian NZ A brightly colored marine fish, especially one of the wrasse family. 〈澳〉鹦嘴鱼（尤指隆头鱼科的一种） Several species in the family Labridae Example sentencesExamples Parrotfishes have traditionally been given their own family but current phylogenetic data suggest that parrotfishes are one radiation within the Labridae. Outside of Ballina there have been some nice catches of pearl perch and parrotfish; while off Evans Head there have been some nice catches of snapper. Off Byron the parrotfish and nice size squire and snapper are appearing.
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