/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of butterfly fish Find synonyms for: Noun1. butterfly fish, percoid fish, percoid, percoideanusage: small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwideNoun1. butterfly fish, percoid fish, percoid, percoideanusage: tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobinsWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language