blue tang
noun
: a surgeonfish (Acanthurus coeruleus) that is bright blue with darker longitudinal stripes when mature and occurs chiefly from Bermuda to Brazil
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Yellow tang yuan, for instance, represents wealth, while eating blue tang yuan is said to aid one’s career.
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Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
In addition to Gould, the movie also starred the voices of Albert Brooks as Nemo's father Marlin, Willem Dafoe as Gill and Ellen DeGeneres as the forgetful blue tang fish Dory.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
Watch Finding Nemo on Disney+ Finding Dory The 2016 sequel to Finding Nemo is all about Dory (DeGeneres), the adorably forgetful blue tang fish.
—Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
Watch Party Central on Disney+ Finding Nemo When Nemo, a young clownfish, gets captured and trapped in a dentist's office's fish tank, his dad Marlin (Albert Brooks) teams up with a forgetful blue tang fish, Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), to find him.
—Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
More than 80 types of fish lived inside the aquarium, including blue tang and clownfish.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Dec. 2022
All of the fish featured in the film, like clown fish, blue tang, sharks, and anglerfish, all look like their real-life counterparts, albeit with that iconic Pixar animation flair.
—Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 9 Nov. 2022
The bulk of the blue tang's diet, however, comes from algae.
—Caitlin McLean, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
The 40-minute musical featured live performers and large puppetry to tell the story of lost, curious clownfish Nemo and the search by his protective father Marlin, who is assisted in the hunt by Dory, a short-attention-span blue tang.
—Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2021
Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
In addition to Gould, the movie also starred the voices of Albert Brooks as Nemo's father Marlin, Willem Dafoe as Gill and Ellen DeGeneres as the forgetful blue tang fish Dory.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
Watch Finding Nemo on Disney+ Finding Dory The 2016 sequel to Finding Nemo is all about Dory (DeGeneres), the adorably forgetful blue tang fish.
—Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
Watch Party Central on Disney+ Finding Nemo When Nemo, a young clownfish, gets captured and trapped in a dentist's office's fish tank, his dad Marlin (Albert Brooks) teams up with a forgetful blue tang fish, Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), to find him.
—Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
More than 80 types of fish lived inside the aquarium, including blue tang and clownfish.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Dec. 2022
All of the fish featured in the film, like clown fish, blue tang, sharks, and anglerfish, all look like their real-life counterparts, albeit with that iconic Pixar animation flair.
—Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 9 Nov. 2022
The bulk of the blue tang's diet, however, comes from algae.
—Caitlin McLean, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
The 40-minute musical featured live performers and large puppetry to tell the story of lost, curious clownfish Nemo and the search by his protective father Marlin, who is assisted in the hunt by Dory, a short-attention-span blue tang.
—Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2021
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“Blue tang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20tang. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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