ANGELFISH


Meaning of ANGELFISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈān-jəl-ˌfish ]

noun

Date: 1668

1. : any of several laterally compressed brightly colored bony fishes (family Pomacanthidae) of warm seas

2. : a black and silver laterally compressed South American cichlid fish ( Pterophyllum scalare ) popular in aquariums — called also scalare

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.