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anemonefish

anemonefish noun: any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.

anemonefish: any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus
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Noun

anemonefish (plural anemonefishes or anemonefish)

  1. Any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.

anemonefish meaning in Tamil

anemonefish in Tamil

நமது புவியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of anemonefish

pluralanemonefishes
pluralanemonefish

Origin of anemonefish

From anemone + fish, due to the species' symbiotic relationship with sea anemones.

Questions about anemonefish

What does anemonefish mean?
Anemonefish means any of the clownfish, principally in the Amphiprion genus.
What is anemonefish in Tamil?
Anemonefish in Tamil is நமது புவியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Anemonefish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anemonefish?
Anemonefish is a noun.
What is the plural of anemonefish?
The plural of anemonefish is anemonefishes.

Words near anemonefish in the dictionary

  1. anemometrograph
  2. anemometrographs
  3. anemometry
  4. anemone
  5. anemone fish
  6. anemonefish
  7. anemonefishes
  8. anemones
  9. anemonic acid
  10. anemonies
  11. anemonin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anemonefish (page history and authors); anemonefish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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