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cleaner fishes

cleaner fishes is the plural of cleaner fish.

Meaning of cleaner fish

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.

Questions about cleaner fishes

What is cleaner fishes the plural of?
Cleaner fishes is the plural of cleaner fish.

Words near cleaner fishes in the dictionary

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

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