Noun
- 1. angelfish, butterfly fish
- usage: a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
- 2. spadefish, angelfish, Chaetodipterus faber, percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
- usage: deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
- 3. angel shark, angelfish, Squatina squatina, monkfish, shark
- usage: sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do
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