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Definition of Doctor-fish
1. Noun. Surgeon fish of the West Indies.
Generic synonyms: Surgeonfish
Group relationships: Acanthurus, Genus Acanthurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doctor-fish
Literary usage of Doctor-fish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Father Ripa During Thirteen Years' Residence at the Court of by Matteo Ripa (1855)
"No one on board had ever seen this kind of fish till then ; its name is the "
Doctor Fish." A black pilot came on board yesterday, in a canoe hollowed out ..."
2. Bermuda: Its History, Geology, Climate, Products, Agriculture, Commerce, and by Theodore L. Godet (1860)
"... most esteemed fish—Their brilliant colours— Peculiar fashion of baiting a
hook—A "full bait"—The fisherman taking it easy—The goat-fish—The doctor-fish, ..."
3. Journal of a Residence Among the Negroes in the West Indies by Matthew Gregory Lewis (1861)
"No one on board had ever seen this kind of fish till then ; its name is the "
Doctor Fish." A black pilot came on board yesterday, in a canoe hollowed out ..."
4. Bermuda: Its History, Geology, Climate, Products, Agriculture, Commerce, and by Theodore L. Godet (1860)
"... fashion of baiting a hook—A "full bait"—The fisherman taking it easy—The
goat-fish—The doctor-fish, and their curious glassy lancets—The soap-fish, &c. ..."
5. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
""Bill-fish"; "Gar-fish"; "Green Gar"; "doctor-fish". ... it is there known
as "green gar", and is sometimes called "doctor-fish" by the Edenton fishermen. ..."
6. The Log of a Sea Angler: Sport and Adventures in Many Seas with Spear and Rod by Charles Frederick Holder (1906)
"... small hooks and lines, and experimented on all the lesser game that came my
way, and can add parrot fishes, angel fishes, the doctor fish, ..."
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