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cleanerfish

cleanerfish is the alternative form 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.

Forms of cleanerfish

pluralcleanerfishes
pluralcleanerfish

Questions about cleanerfish

What is cleanerfish the alternative form of?
Cleanerfish is the alternative form of cleaner fish.

Words near cleanerfish in the dictionary

  1. cleaner-upperer
  2. cleaner-upperers
  3. cleaner-uppers
  4. cleaneress
  5. cleaneresses
  6. cleanerfish
  7. cleaners
  8. cleanest
  9. cleaneth
  10. cleanfill
  11. cleanfluencer

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