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jew⋅el⋅fish

  [joo-uhl-fish]
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–noun, plural -fish⋅es, (especially collectively) -fish.
a brightly colored cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus, native to Africa: popular in home aquariums.
Origin:
jewel + fish
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jew·el·fish   (jōō'əl-fĭsh')   
n.   pl. jewelfish or jew·el·fish·es
A small, brilliantly colored freshwater fish (Hemichromis bimaculatus) of tropical Africa, popular in home aquariums.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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