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- noun Plural form of
angelfish .
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Examples
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The pearls felt like angelfishes feeding at her throat, darting in and out with satin kisses.
Childeren In Hell Want Ice Water D'Arcy Fallon 2009
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Sponges make up the majority, 70 – 95%, of the diet of most angelfishes (Family Pomacanthidae).
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The larger species of angelfishes are protected from predation because their large size and thin bodies make them a difficult mouthful for predators.
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Other reef fish like soldierfishes, pygmy angelfishes, and unicornfishes also have pelagic larvae, but even these fish show genetic isolation based on their location.
Livescience.com 2010
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Disk and oval-shaped fishes: butterflyfishes, angelfishes, and surgeonfishes 2.
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