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# parrotfish

noun (a parrotfish, parrotfish or parrotfishes)

«parrotfish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A parrotfish is a brightly coloured fish of coral reefs with teeth joined into a beak like a parrot's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/#m1)
2. It scrapes and bites coral to eat the algae on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, parrotfish keep coral reefs healthy by eating algae. They grind coral and poo out fine white sand, so a lot of beach sand on tropical islands comes from them. Some sleep in a bubble of mucus.

### Examples

- The parrotfish crunched on the coral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/#x1)
- Parrotfish make white sand on tropical beaches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/#x2)
- We saw a blue and green parrotfish when snorkelling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/#x3)
- A parrotfish sleeps in a slimy bubble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/#x4)
- Its mouth looks like a parrot's beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/#x5)
- Parrotfish help keep the reef clean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/#x6)

### Note

Plural usually «parrotfish». It is a fish, not a bird.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «parrotfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«parrotfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/parrotfish.html) on Mova free.