ANGELFISH


Meaning of ANGELFISH in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: so called from its appearance, suggesting in sense 1 the wings, in other senses the splendor and delicacy, of an angel

1. : monkfish 1

2. : any of several compressed bright-colored teleost fishes of warm seas of the family Chaetodontidae — called also butterfly fish ; see black angelfish , blue angelfish

3. : spadefish

4. : scalare

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