doctorfish

Etymology

From doctor + fish.

doctorfish means either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Either of the fish Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus, which feed on dead skin while leaving the healthy skin intact.“Walking at the Brixton market among the parrotfish, doctorfish and butterfish, Effa Edusie is surrounded by pieces of her childhood in Ghana.”