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# angelfish

«angelfish» in Mova's school dictionary: **a brightly coloured tropical fish with a flat body and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an angelfish, angelfish or angelfishes)

### meaning for a pupil

An angelfish is a brightly coloured tropical fish with a flat body and long fins, living on coral reefs or kept in aquariums. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/angelfish/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons it is an example of a coral reef or freshwater tropical fish. Phrases: freshwater angelfish, marine angelfish.

### examples

- The angelfish swam gracefully in the tank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/angelfish/#x1)
- Angelfish live on coral reefs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/angelfish/#x2)
- Its fins look like wings, so it was named angelfish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/angelfish/#x3)
- Freshwater angelfish come from the Amazon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/angelfish/#x4)
- Angelfish have flat, tall bodies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/angelfish/#x5)
- We saw blue and yellow angelfish when snorkelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/angelfish/#x6)

### note

Plural usually angelfish. One word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «angelfish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/angelfish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.