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Chaetodontidae

plural noun
Chae·to·don·ti·dae

Definition of Chaetodontidae 

: a large family of percoid tropical marine fishes common about coral reefs that includes the butterfly fishes

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History and Etymology for Chaetodontidae

New Latin, from Chaetodont-, Chaetodon, type genus + -idae

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