Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun butterflyfish

1 sense of butterflyfish

Sense 1
flying gurnard, flying robin, butterflyfish -- (tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins)
       => scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish -- (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)