Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.

    Anemonenfisch, Clownfisch

    ры́ба-кло́унrýba-klóun

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The shark is chasing the clownfish.

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  2. The clownfish is a vividly coloured fish.

    ruРыба-клоун - ярко окрашенная рыба.

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  3. A lone clownfish was swimming in the aquarium.

    ruВ аквариуме плавала одинокая рыба-клоун.

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  4. The clownfish clowns around.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
fish of the genera Amphiprion or Premnas:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fish of the genera Amphiprion or Premnas:

Origin

From clown + fish.

From clown + fish.

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Forms

plural: clownfish / clownfishes
Singularclownfish
Pluralclownfish / clownfishes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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