| NOUN | animal | angelfish | a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus |
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| animal | angelfish, spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber | deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters | |
| animal | angelfish, angel shark, Squatina squatina, monkfish | sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do |
| Sounds | ey'njhahlfih.sh | |
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| Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... | |
| Meaning | A butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus. | |
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| Member of | Pomacanthus, genus Pomacanthus | angelfishes |
| Broader | butterfly fish | small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins |
| Spanish | angelote, pez ángel | |
| Meaning | Deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters. | |
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| Synonyms | spadefish, Chaetodipterus faber | |
| Member of | Chaetodipterus, genus Chaetodipterus | A genus of Ephippidae |
| Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
| Meaning | sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do. | |
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| Synonyms | angel shark, Squatina squatina, monkfish | |
| Member of | Squatina, genus Squatina | type genus of the Squatinidae |
| Broader | shark | Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales |
| Spanish | angelote | |
| Catalan | Squatina squatina | |
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