单词 | angelfish |
释义 | angelfish[ eyn-juhl-fish ] / ˈeɪn dʒəlˌfɪʃ / noun, plural (especially collectively) an·gel·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) an·gel·fish·es.a South American freshwater fish, genus Pterophyllum, often kept in aquariums.Compare scalare. angel shark. Origin of angelfishFirst recorded in 1660–70; angel + fish Words nearby angelfishangel cake, angel dust, Angeleno, Angeles, Angel Falls, angelfish, angel food cake, angel gear, angel hair, angelhood, angelic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for angelfishangelfish / (ˈeɪndʒəlˌfɪʃ) / noun plural -fish or -fishesany of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family ChaetodontidaeSee also butterflyfish Also called: scalare a South American cichlid, Pterophyllum scalare, of the Amazon region, having a compressed body and large dorsal and anal fins: a popular aquarium fish another name for angel shark Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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