angelfish

[ eyn-juhl-fish ]

/ ˈeɪn dʒəlˌfɪʃ /

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noun, plural (especially collectively) an·gel·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) an·gel·fish·es.

a South American freshwater fish, genus Pterophyllum, often kept in aquariums.Compare scalare.

angel shark.

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Origin of angelfish

First recorded in 1660–70; angel + fish

Words nearby angelfish

angel cake, angel dust, Angeleno, Angeles, Angel Falls, angelfish, angel food cake, angel gear, angel hair, angelhood, angelic

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How to use angelfish in a sentence

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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British Dictionary definitions for angelfish

angelfish

/ (ˈeɪndʒəlˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

any 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 ChaetodontidaeSee also butterflyfish

Also called: scalare a South American cichlid, Pterophyllum scalare, of the Amazon region, having a compressed body and large dorsal and anal fins: a popular aquarium fish

another name for angel shark

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