Definition of cleaner fish in English:

cleaner fish

noun

A small fish, especially a striped wrasse, that is permitted to remove parasites from the skin, gills, and mouth of larger fishes, to their mutual benefit.
Genus Labroides, family Labridae: several species
Example sentencesExamples
- Until recently, similar experiments on cleaner fish symbioses had failed to detect parasite reduction benefits to the host fish.
- At fish-cleaning stations, cleaner fish nibble the parasites from the gills and mouths of fishes much larger than they are.
- The larger fish not only refrain from devouring these small cleaner fish, but actually readily open their mouth and gill cavities so that they are able to clean.
- The little helpers known as cleaner fish, which nibble parasites off larger reef fish, actually prefer to nibble their clients.
- Closer to the reef, divers will be attracted by the hive of activity - wrasses, damselfish, butterflyfish and cleaner fish dart about foraging for food among the hard corals.

Definition of cleaner fish in US English:

cleaner fish

noun

A small fish, especially a striped wrasse, that is permitted to remove parasites from the skin, gills, and mouth of larger fishes, to their mutual benefit.
Genus Labroides, family Labridae: several species, in particular L. dimidiatus
Example sentencesExamples
- The little helpers known as cleaner fish, which nibble parasites off larger reef fish, actually prefer to nibble their clients.
- Until recently, similar experiments on cleaner fish symbioses had failed to detect parasite reduction benefits to the host fish.
- At fish-cleaning stations, cleaner fish nibble the parasites from the gills and mouths of fishes much larger than they are.
- Closer to the reef, divers will be attracted by the hive of activity - wrasses, damselfish, butterflyfish and cleaner fish dart about foraging for food among the hard corals.
- The larger fish not only refrain from devouring these small cleaner fish, but actually readily open their mouth and gill cavities so that they are able to clean.

单词	cleaner fish
释义	Definition of cleaner fish in English: cleaner fish noun A small fish, especially a striped wrasse, that is permitted to remove parasites from the skin, gills, and mouth of larger fishes, to their mutual benefit. Genus Labroides, family Labridae: several species Example sentencesExamples Until recently, similar experiments on cleaner fish symbioses had failed to detect parasite reduction benefits to the host fish. At fish-cleaning stations, cleaner fish nibble the parasites from the gills and mouths of fishes much larger than they are. The larger fish not only refrain from devouring these small cleaner fish, but actually readily open their mouth and gill cavities so that they are able to clean. The little helpers known as cleaner fish, which nibble parasites off larger reef fish, actually prefer to nibble their clients. Closer to the reef, divers will be attracted by the hive of activity - wrasses, damselfish, butterflyfish and cleaner fish dart about foraging for food among the hard corals. Definition of cleaner fish in US English: cleaner fish noun A small fish, especially a striped wrasse, that is permitted to remove parasites from the skin, gills, and mouth of larger fishes, to their mutual benefit. Genus Labroides, family Labridae: several species, in particular L. dimidiatus Example sentencesExamples The little helpers known as cleaner fish, which nibble parasites off larger reef fish, actually prefer to nibble their clients. Until recently, similar experiments on cleaner fish symbioses had failed to detect parasite reduction benefits to the host fish. At fish-cleaning stations, cleaner fish nibble the parasites from the gills and mouths of fishes much larger than they are. Closer to the reef, divers will be attracted by the hive of activity - wrasses, damselfish, butterflyfish and cleaner fish dart about foraging for food among the hard corals. The larger fish not only refrain from devouring these small cleaner fish, but actually readily open their mouth and gill cavities so that they are able to clean.
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