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sca⋅lar⋅e

  [skuh-lair-ee, -lahr-ee]
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any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
Origin:
1925–30; < NL; L scālāre, neut. of scālāris scalar; from its ladderlike markings
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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.

sca·la·re   (skə-lâr'ē, -lär'ē)   
n.  See angelfish.

[Latin scālāre, neuter of scālāris, of a ladder (so-called from its parallel markings), from scālae, ladder; see scale2.]
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