angelfish (n.)

  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 ]

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