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clownfish

/ˈklaʊnˌfɪʃ/

clownfish noun: any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.

clownfish: any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family...
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Noun

clownfish (plural clownfish or clownfishes)

  1. Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.
    Synonyms:
    anemonefish

clownfish meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Thai

clownfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

clownfish in Arabic

fish of the genera Amphiprion or Premnas
سَمَكَة المُهَرِّج

clownfish in Malay

fish of the genera Amphiprion or Premnas
ikan badut

clownfish in Thai

fish of the genera Amphiprion or Premnas
ปลาการ์ตูน
More languagesFewer languages
clownfish in Vietnamese
cá hề, cá hải quỳ

Synonyms of clownfish

Forms of clownfish

pluralclownfish
pluralclownfishes

Origin of clownfish

From clown + fish.

Words formed from clownfish

Questions about clownfish

What does clownfish mean?
Clownfish means any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.
What is clownfish in Tamil?
Clownfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Clownfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is clownfish?
Clownfish is a noun.
How do you pronounce clownfish?
Clownfish is pronounced /ˈklaʊnˌfɪʃ/ (US).
What is the plural of clownfish?
The plural of clownfish is clownfish.

Words near clownfish in the dictionary

  1. clownesses
  2. clownette
  3. clownettes
  4. Clowney
  5. Clowneys
  6. clownfish
  7. clownfishes
  8. clownheal
  9. clownheals
  10. clownhood
  11. clownier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clownfish (page history and authors); clownfish (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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