Balistidae
plural noun
Ba·lis·ti·dae
| \ -təˌdē \
Definition of Balistidae
: a family of long-snouted small-eyed marine fishes having a deep compressed body and rough spinose scales, comprising the triggerfishes and sometimes the filefishes, and a few related forms consisting a suborder of Plectognathi
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