parrotfish
noun
par·rot·fish
ˈper-ət-ˌfish 
ˈpa-rət-
variants
or parrot fish
: any of a family (Scaridae) of usually brightly colored chiefly tropical marine fishes that have the teeth in each jaw fused into a cutting plate resembling a beak
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And to sleep, some parrotfish engulf themselves in a mucus cocoon.
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Vox Staff, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
Some of the world’s beaches are largely made of parrotfish poop.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024
Coral reefs face a similar fate: parrotfish, which play a crucial role in controlling algae growth, have seen their populations plummet on the Mesoamerican Reef due to overfishing.
—Rebecca Shaw, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Against these mounting threats, parrotfish can do very little.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024
When moving through a crowd of darting and preening Italians, her presence is anomalous — a sea anemone amid parrotfish.
—Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Grunts, parrotfish, groupers, snappers and jacks were particularly popular seafood species.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
In other words, conserving reefs isn’t just about fixing marine problems, like reducing overfishing to protect critical ecosystem operators like parrotfish.
—WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
Many species were affected, including cardinalfish, parrotfish, damselfish, and others.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2019
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Vox Staff, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
Some of the world’s beaches are largely made of parrotfish poop.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024
Coral reefs face a similar fate: parrotfish, which play a crucial role in controlling algae growth, have seen their populations plummet on the Mesoamerican Reef due to overfishing.
—Rebecca Shaw, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Against these mounting threats, parrotfish can do very little.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 8 Oct. 2024
When moving through a crowd of darting and preening Italians, her presence is anomalous — a sea anemone amid parrotfish.
—Molly Young, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Grunts, parrotfish, groupers, snappers and jacks were particularly popular seafood species.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
In other words, conserving reefs isn’t just about fixing marine problems, like reducing overfishing to protect critical ecosystem operators like parrotfish.
—WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
Many species were affected, including cardinalfish, parrotfish, damselfish, and others.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2019
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