Associations to the word «Parrotfish»

Wiktionary

PARROTFISH, noun. Any of several tropical marine fish of the family Scaridae known for their beak-like mass of teeth used to scrape algae from rocks or coral.

Dictionary definition

PARROTFISH, noun. Gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope