ANGELFISH

spadefish, angelfish, Chaetodipterus faber

(noun) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters

angelfish

(noun) a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

angelfish (plural angelfish or angelfishes)

A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.

A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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