Angelfish

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]
       [also: {angelfishes} (pl)]