Associations to the word «Acanthuridae»

Wiktionary

ACANTHURIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the suborder Acanthuroidei   — surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes.

Dictionary definition

ACANTHURIDAE, noun. Surgeonfishes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats