noun
Meaning 1
Most fish in the Pomacentridae family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
damselfish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈdæmzəlfɪʃ/
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noun
Meaning 2
small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: demoiselle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
Narrower terms: beaugregory, Pomacentrus leucostictus, anemone fish, sergeant major, Abudefduf saxatilis
History
Etymology
From damsel + fish.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кестенка (kestenka) — fish of Pomacentridae
- Finnish: koralliahven — fish of Pomacentridae
- Irish: bé-iasc — fish of Pomacentridae
- Italian: castagnola — fish of Pomacentridae
- Occitan: pomacentrid — fish of Pomacentridae
- Occitan: castanhòla — fish of Pomacentridae
- Polish: chromis — fish of Pomacentridae