trig·ger·fish (trĭg

ər-fĭsh

)
n. pl. triggerfish or
trig·ger·fish·esAny of various brightly colored fishes of the family Balistidae of warm coastal waters, having a roundish body and an erectile spine on the anterior dorsal fin that locks upright when the fish is threatened.
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