Definition of Chaetodontidae
:a large family of percoid tropical marine fishes common about coral reefs that includes the butterfly fishes
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Chaetodontidae
plural noun
Chae·to·don·ti·dae
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Origin and Etymology of chaetodontidae
New Latin, from Chaetodont-, Chaetodon, type genus + -idae
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