blue tang

blue tang
noun Etymology: 1tang (surgeonfish) Date: circa 1902 a surgeonfish (Acanthurus coeruleus) that is bright blue with darker longitudinal stripes when mature and occurs chiefly from Bermuda to Brazil

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