How to Use clown fish in a Sentence
clown fish
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That’s why the clown fish chooses to live in the anemone.
— Joanna Klein, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018 -
What does that mean for a clown fish that makes a home in a stressed anemone?
— Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018 -
Say Nemo and most kids now think of the Disney clown fish with the neurotic dad.
— Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2018 -
Finding Nemo grappled with a child’s need for autonomy through the eyes of clown fish.
— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2022 -
With more time, the anemones might recover or the clown fish could acclimate to conditions.
— Joanna Klein, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018 -
Then a river of silver cardinal fish, and clown fish in their anemones, and snake eels, which look like something out of Star Wars, and all of this just in one sweep of turning your head.
— Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2019 -
When a young clown fish is taken by scuba divers, his father travels 1,500 miles to find him, proving that there's nothing a dad wouldn't do for his child.
— Kara Thompson, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2022 -
Guests can also participate in a scavenger hunt to find little clown fish throughout the space.
— Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2020 -
And a series of five photographs of clown fish embryos, which took second place in this year’s competition, show what Nemo looked like from day one to day nine of development.
— Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2020 -
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is heralded for its biodiversity: The colorful clusters of coral and wisps of islands stretch 1,400 miles, home to white and orange clown fish, the blacktip shark, humpback whales and hundreds of other species.
— NBC News, 21 Apr. 2018 -
Other mutualistic teams include ants and acacia trees, pollinators and flowers, and anemones and clown fishes.
— Cara Giaimo, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2019 -
Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet macaws, clown fish, toucans, blue-ringed octopuses and so many more: The animal kingdom has countless denizens with extraordinarily colorful beauty.
— Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2021 -
Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet macaws, clown fish, toucans, blue-ringed octopuses, and so many more: The animal kingdom has countless denizens with extraordinarily colorful beauty.
— Viviane Callier, The Atlantic, 20 June 2021
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