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angelfish

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an⋅gel⋅fish

  [eyn-juhl-fish]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
1. a South American freshwater fish, genus Pterophyllum, often kept in aquariums. Compare scalare.
2. angel shark.
Origin:
1660–70; angel + fish
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an·gel·fish   (ān'jəl-fĭsh')   
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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