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ANGELFISH
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Irregular inflected form: angelfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
Synonyms:
angel shark; angelfish; monkfish; Squatina squatina
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("angelfish" is a kind of...):
shark (any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales)
Holonyms ("angelfish" is a member of...):
genus Squatina; Squatina (type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
Synonyms:
angelfish; Chaetodipterus faber; spadefish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("angelfish" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("angelfish" is a member of...):
Chaetodipterus; genus Chaetodipterus (a genus of Ephippidae)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("angelfish" is a kind of...):
butterfly fish (small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide)
Holonyms ("angelfish" is a member of...):
genus Pomacanthus; Pomacanthus (angelfishes)
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