doctor-fish

1. 1.

   surgeon fish of the West Indies

   SynonymsdoctorfishAcanthurus chirurgus

   Broadersurgeonfish

   Part ofAcanthurus

Questions about doctor-fish

What does doctor-fish mean?

doctor-fish means "surgeon fish of the West Indies".

How many syllables are in doctor-fish?

doctor-fish has 3 syllables: doc-tor--fish. The stress falls on "doc".

What is another word for doctor-fish?

Close synonyms include doctorfish, Acanthurus chirurgus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doctor-fish a common word?

doctor-fish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.