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an·gel·fish  (njl-fsh)

n. pl. angelfish or an·gel·fish·es

1. A brightly colored fish of the family Pomacanthidae of warm seas, having a laterally compressed body.

2. A freshwater fish (Pterophyllum scalare), native to rivers of tropical South America and having a laterally compressed, usually striped body. It is popular in aquariums. Also called scalare.

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angelfish [ˈeɪndʒəlˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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 Chaetodontidae See also butterfly fish

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for angel shark

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	angelfish - a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus butterfly fish - small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide genus Pomacanthus, Pomacanthus - angelfishes
	2.	angelfish - deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters Chaetodipterus faber, spadefish percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes Chaetodipterus, genus Chaetodipterus - a genus of Ephippidae
	3.	angelfish - sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do angel shark, Squatina squatina, monkfish shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales genus Squatina, Squatina - type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks

Translations

angelfish [ˈeɪndʒəlfɪʃ] N (angelfish (pl)) → angelote m, pez m ángel