angelfish Definition
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angelfish
noun
- 1. Any of various unrelated fishes, so called because their pectoral fins resemble wings.
2. Any of various S American freshwater fishes of this type, popular in tropical aquaria, which have a very deep body, flattened from side to side and covered with dark vertical stripes, and elongated pectoral fins.
3. Any of various small brightly coloured marine fishes with a deep body and a sharp backward-pointing spine on the gill cover.
4. The monkfish.
