parrotfish
/ˈpærətfɪʃ/noun
(复同单, 或-fishes)
1
- any 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。
1.1
- a widespread fish of warm seas which may secrete a mucous cocoon to deter predators (family Scaridae: Scarus and other genera).鹦嘴鱼(鹦嘴鱼科:鹦嘴鱼属及其他属)。
1.2
- an edible fish of the southern Indian ocean (Oplegnathus conwayi, family Oplegnathidae).康氏石鲷(拉丁名Oplegnathus conwayi,石鲷科)。
2
- Austral. a brightly coloured marine fish, especially one of the wrasse family〈澳〉鹦嘴鱼(尤指隆头鱼科的一种)。
2.1
- Several species in the family Labridae.隆头鱼科中数种。