Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
triggerfish .
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Examples
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Filefishes (Family Monacanthidae), triggerfishes (Family Balistidae), trunkfishes (Family Ostraciidae), and porcupinefishes (Family Diodontidae), have evolved interesting solutions to this problem.
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Filefishes and triggerfishes have spines on their backs that they can extend to make themselves more difficult to swallow.
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Pufferfishes, filefishes, triggerfishes, and butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodonidae) actively consume individual coral polyps.
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