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angelfish \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: so called from its appearance, suggesting in sense 1 the wings, in other senses the splendor and delicacy, of an angel 1. : monkfish 1 2. : any of several compressed bright-colored teleost fishes of warm seas of the family Chaetodontidae — called also butterfly fish; see black angelfish, blue angelfish 3. : spadefish 4. : scalare |