characin (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *characin*:
NOUN	animal	characin, characin fish, characid	any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae

English > *characin*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
Synonyms	characin fish, characid
Member of	Characidae, family Characidae	Tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America
Narrower	cardinal tetra, Paracheirodon axelrodi	small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia
	piranha, pirana, caribe	small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
	tetra	brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
Broader	cypriniform fish	A soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
Spanish	carácido, characid, pez carácido
Catalan	caràcid, characid

HyperDic: characin