damselfish. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

damselfish

SYLLABICATION:	dam·sel·fish
PRONUNCIATION:	dmzl-fsh
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. damselfish or dam·sel·fish·es Any of various small tropical marine fishes of the family Pomacentridae, having laterally compressed, usually brightly colored bodies. Also called demoiselle.


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