Dictionary Definition
angelfish
Noun
1 a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
2 deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer
western Atlantic coastal waters [syn: spadefish, Chaetodipterus
faber]
3 sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike
pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do [syn: angel shark,
Squatina
squatina, monkfish]
[also: angelfishes
(pl)]
User Contributed Dictionary
- A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
- A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
Extensive Definition
- Several groups of fish:
- Freshwater angelfish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
- Marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae.
- Angel sharks of the family Squatinidae.
- Rhinobatos hynnicephalus, a species of guitarfish.
- Angelfish, a short-lived Scottish alternative rock band, former band of Garbage's Shirley Manson.
- Angelfish, a UK charity that helps disabled and deprived children in Cambodia.
angelfish in Arabic: سمكة ملائكية
angelfish in Ukrainian:
Риба-ангел