ANEMONE FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anemone fish mean? 

• ANEMONE FISH (noun)
  The noun ANEMONE FISH has 1 sense:

1. live associated with sea anemones

  Familiarity information: ANEMONE FISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANEMONE FISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Live associated with sea anemones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("anemone fish" is a kind of...):

damselfish; demoiselle (small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anemone fish"):

Amphiprion percula; clown anemone fish (an anemone fish of the genus Amphiprion)

Holonyms ("anemone fish" is a member of...):

Amphiprion; genus Amphiprion (damsel fishes)