cichlid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cichlid*:
NOUN	animal	cichlid, cichlid fish	freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes

English > *cichlid*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums.
Synonym	cichlid fish
Member of	Cichlidae, family Cichlidae	cichlids
Narrower	bolti, Tilapia nilotica	Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor
Broader	percoid fish, percoid, percoidean	Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Spanish	cichlidae
Catalan	cíclid

HyperDic: cichlid