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PRONUNCIATION OF ANEMONE FISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANEMONE FISH

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Anemone fish is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ANEMONE FISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

anemone fish

Amphiprioninae

Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Thirty species are recognized, one in the genus Premnas, while the remaining are in the genus Amphiprion. In the wild, they all form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones. Depending on species, Clownfish are overall yellow, orange, or a reddish or blackish color, and many show white bars or patches. The largest can reach a length of 18 centimetres, while the smallest barely can reach 10 centimetres.

Definition of anemone fish in the English dictionary

The definition of anemone fish in the dictionary is any of various damselfishes of the genus Amphiprion, such as A. percula, that usually live closely associated with sea anemones.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANEMONE FISH

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ANEMONE FISH

a fine kettle of fish
angler fish
big fish
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butterfly fish
cold fish
drink like a fish
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flying fish
game fish
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Siamese fighting fish
wet fish
white fish

Synonyms and antonyms of anemone fish in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «anemone fish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANEMONE FISH

Find out the translation of anemone fish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anemone fish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anemone fish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

海葵鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peces de anémona
570 millions of speakers

English

anemone fish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रत्नज्योति मछली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شقائق.
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рыба анемона
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peixe anêmona
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Anemone মাছ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poisson de l´anémone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ikan anemone
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anemonenfisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クマノミ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

곰 끌
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anemone iwak
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cá hải quỳ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீன் மீன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनमोन मासे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Anemon balık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pesce di anemone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

anemon ryba
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

риба анемона
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pește anemone
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ανεμώνη ψάρια
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

anemone vis
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

anemone fisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anemone fisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anemone fish

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anemone fish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANEMONE FISH»

Discover the use of anemone fish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anemone fish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Anemone Fish
Discusses the characteristics and behavior of anemone fish.
Leighton Taylor, 2007
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Clown Fish: Friends of the Stinging Anemone: Educational Version
That is why clown fish are also called anemone fish. The clown fish and the anemone help each other. The anemone has stingers onits arms. These stingers willsting any animal that wants to eat the clown fish. The clown fish will hide in the  ...
Caitlind L. Alexander
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Discovering Fish
Radianthus rilleri and the colourful Clown Fish, or Anemone Fish, Amphipriou percula. are tied together so closely that neither creature can live successfully without the other. In nature, this relationship is know as symbiotic. $ The Clown Fish is ...
Mark Fox, Olga Fox, 2001
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The Galápagos: Proceedings of the Symposia of the Galápagos ...
Upon removal of the anemones, however, the anemone fish were pursued and eaten. Verwey (1930), Coates (1964) and Eibl- Eibesfeldt (1960) give similar observations, the latter in the natural reef environment. In this connection, Coates  ...
Robert I. Bowman, 1966
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The Everything Tropical Fish Book
The common clown fish is certainly the most popular anemone fish in the aquarist world. They are bright orange, bright white, and black. They are very striking. These fish do best, however, when kept with an anemone. That's why they're ...
Carlo Devito, Gregory Skomal, 2000
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Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science
One is the relationship between an anemone fish and its sea anemone. In this symbiosis, a small, brightly colored anemone fish nestles within the stinging tentacles ofa sea anemone (Figure 16.22). The mechanism that permits the little fish to ...
Tom Garrison, 2012
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Tropics
Clown Fish and Their Anemones The anemone fish (genera Premnas and Amphiprion, also known as the clown fish) astonish us by the nonchalance with which they swim unscathed—now disappearing, now reappearing—among the ...
Marco Lambertini, 2000
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Pheromones and Animal Behaviour: Communication by Smell and ...
anemone fish (or clownfish: Amphiprion and Premnas) are obligate symbionts of 10 species of sea anemones (Fautin 1991; Elliott et al. 1999). The anemone fish species differ in their specificity: some are associated with only one anemone ...
Tristram D. Wyatt, 2003
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God's Amazing Creation
One such team is the sea anemone and the clown fish — which is sometimes called an anemone fish. Sea anemones look like beautiful flowers growing deep in the ocean. If you should see them when you're snorkeling or while visiting an ...
Vicki Redden, Dee Litten Reed, Joelle Reed Yamada, 2005
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Partnerships in the Sea: Hong Kong's Marine Symbioses
References: Mariscal, R.N. 1972. Behaviour of symbiotic fish and sea anemones. Behaviour of Marine Animals 2: 327-60. Frick, H.W. 1974. Eco-ethology of the anemone fish Amphiprion bicinctus. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 36: 429-512.
Brian Morton, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANEMONE FISH»

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Queenslanders can now order clownfish birth certificates
The Great Barrier Reef anemone fish, made most famous in the children's movie Finding Nemo, and the Cooktown orchid, Queensland's floral ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, Jun 15»
2
Finding Nemo on Great Barrier Reef proves difficult for researchers
When asked about the famous Walt Disney movie and how Nemo compares to your average anemone fish, Dr Scott says there were a few ... «ABC Local, Jun 15»
3
Guamania! Part I: Cuckoo for Cocos
Darting within the stinging folds, little anemone fish feinted and retreated–a small black variety nestled underneath the outer lobes while an ... «DeeperBlue.com, May 15»
4
Indonesia's clear water opens world of new fish
... vividly colorful angelfish and butterflyfish (some brilliant purple with bright orange accents), lots of anemone with their attendant anemone fish ... «The Triton, Feb 15»
5
Beautiful in blue
We spotted royal angelfish, false clown anemone fish, parrotfish, a range of starfish, and Andaman lobster, among others. One of the most ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
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Things to do on the Coffs Coast this summer
Meet our resident underwater turtles, sharks, fish and even Nemo - the clown anemone fish endemic to these waters with Jetty Dive, ... «Coffs Coast Advocate, Dec 14»
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What happens when a coral bleaches?
One of the unusual things that people just weren't expected was that larval clownfish, those anemone fish, couldn't find coral reefs in ... «NOAA, Dec 14»
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Life in the Great Barrier Reef
Pink anemone fish (Amphiprion perideraion) temporarily locked out of its anemone, which balls itself up for a short period during the day. «NatGeo News Watch, Oct 14»
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Treasures of Lord Howe Island
The water is gin-clear and it's a thrill to watch a passing parade of brilliantly coloured spangled emperors, pipefish, anemone fish, lionfish, ... «The Australian, Oct 14»
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Travel: Exploring Australia's Ningaloo Reef
There we slipped into the bath-warm water and thousands of fish filled my view: neon damsel and pink anemone fish swam by, while boldly ... «Scotsman, Sep 14»

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