tomato clownfish

noun

Amphiprion frenatus, a marine pomacentrid fish native to the Western Pacific.

Meanings

nountomato clownfish (plural tomato clownfish or tomato clownfishes)

plural tomato clownfishes

  1. Amphiprion frenatus, a marine pomacentrid fish native to the Western Pacific.

Origin

From its reddish coloration, like the fruit.

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