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clown fish
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Definition of CLOWN FISH
: any of various small tropical fishes (genera Amphiprion and Premnas) of the Indian and Pacific oceans that are related to the damselfishes, are bright orange usually with one or more vertical white stripes, and live symbiotically with sea anemones
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First Known Use of CLOWN FISH
1957
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