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angelfish
[ eyn-juhl-fish ]
noun
, plural (especially collectively) an·gel·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) an·gel·fish·es.
angelfish
/ ˈeɪndʒəlˌfɪʃ /
noun
- See butterflyfishany of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae See also butterflyfish
- Also calledscalare a South American cichlid, Pterophyllum scalare, of the Amazon region, having a compressed body and large dorsal and anal fins: a popular aquarium fish
- See angel sharkanother name for angel shark
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Origin of angelfish1
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Example Sentences
The resulting image resembled another closely related organism—the long body of a parrotfish mathematically became the curved shape of an angelfish.
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