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butterfly cod

noun

Definition of butterfly cod

: a percoid fish (Pterois volitans) of tropical coral reefs having vertical scarlet stripes on a creamy ground and the dorsal and pectoral fins greatly enlarged and shaped like a fan

History and Etymology for butterfly cod

so called from the winglike fins

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