angelfish

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
noun deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
noun sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do

From angel + fish; so called for its wing-like pectoral fins.

It consisted of turtle soup made from the daintiest hawksbill, a red mullet with white, slightly flaky flesh, whose liver, when separately prepared, makes delicious eating, plus loin of imperial angelfish, whose flavor struck me as even better than salmon. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

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