Definitions of angelfish [ˈeɪn dʒəlˌfɪʃ]

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) angelfish
a South American freshwater fish, genus Pterophyllum, often kept in aquariums.

Etymology: (1660–70)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) angelfish
a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus

2. (noun) spadefish, angelfish, Chaetodipterus faber
deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters

3. (noun) angel shark, angelfish, Squatina squatina, monkfish
sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

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