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cleaner fish

cleaner fish noun: any of many fish (in many taxa) that provide a service to other fish species by removing dead skin and parasites.

cleaner fish: any of many fish (in many taxa) that provide a service to other fish species by removing dead skin...
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Noun

cleaner fish (plural cleaner fishes or cleaner fish)

  1. Any of many fish (in many taxa) that provide a service to other fish species by removing dead skin and parasites.

Forms of cleaner fish

pluralcleaner fishes
pluralcleaner fish

Questions about cleaner fish

What does cleaner fish mean?
Cleaner fish means any of many fish (in many taxa) that provide a service to other fish species by removing dead skin and parasites.
What part of speech is cleaner fish?
Cleaner fish is a noun.
What is the plural of cleaner fish?
The plural of cleaner fish is cleaner fishes.

Words near cleaner fish in the dictionary

  1. cleaned up
  2. cleaned up after
  3. cleaned up one's act
  4. cleaned up one's plate
  5. cleaner
  6. cleaner fish
  7. cleaner fishes
  8. cleaner shrimp
  9. cleaner shrimps
  10. cleaner's
  11. cleaner-up

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