angelfish
pronunciation
How to pronounce angelfish in British English:
UK [ˈeɪndʒlfɪʃ]
How to pronounce angelfish in American English:
US ['eɪndʒlfɪʃ]
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- Noun:
- a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
- deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
- sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
Word Origin
- angelfish (n.)
- also angel-fish, 1660s, from angel + fish (n.); so called for its "wings."
Example
- 1. What 's wrong with these angelfish ?
- 2. Today 's photos include a car-driving dog , a genetically-engineered neon pink angelfish , horse-logging in scotland , and diving pigs in china .
- 3. We did spend most of the day snorkeling and just off shore I did get to see a turtle as well as triggerfish and angelfish .
- 4. Spanish researchers ran an experiment where angelfish were given a choice between schools consisting of larger and smaller numbers of fish .
- 5. The conspicuous orange and white clownfish and the neon bicolor angelfish seemed to keep an arm 's length away , while the black and yellow butterfly fish came right up and ate out of my hand .