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ANGELFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: angelfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

Synonyms:

angel shark; angelfish; monkfish; Squatina squatina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("angelfish" is a kind of...):

shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)

Holonyms ("angelfish" is a member of...):

genus Squatina; Squatina (type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters

Synonyms:

angelfish; Chaetodipterus faber; spadefish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("angelfish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("angelfish" is a member of...):

Chaetodipterus; genus Chaetodipterus (a genus of Ephippidae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("angelfish" is a kind of...):

butterfly fish (small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide)

Holonyms ("angelfish" is a member of...):

genus Pomacanthus; Pomacanthus (angelfishes)

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