Angelfish

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  • noun. Any of various brightly colored fishes of the family Pomacanthidae of warm seas, having a laterally compressed body and often long extensions on the dorsal and anal fins.
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  • noun. A cichlid (Pterophyllum scalare) native to rivers of tropical South America and having a laterally compressed, usually striped body with long dorsal and anal fins. It is popular in home aquariums.
  • noun. Any of several other fishes of the genus Pterophyllum.
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  • noun. A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
  • noun. A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
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  • noun. a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
  • noun. deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
  • noun. sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
  • Word Usage
    "The only fish that can do this is the angelfish, that is, it can change its colour like the octopus."
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