HyperDic: characin_fish

English > 1 sense of the expression characin fish:
NOUNanimalcharacin fish, characin, characidany freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
English > characin fish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
Synonymscharacin, characid
Member ofCharacidae, family CharacidaeTropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America
Narrowercardinal tetra, Paracheirodon axelrodismall bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia
piranha, pirana, caribesmall voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
tetrabrightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
Broadercypriniform fishA soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
Spanishcarácido, characid, pez carácido
Catalancaràcid, characid

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