| NOUN | animal | cichlid, cichlid fish | freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes |
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| 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. | |
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| 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 | |
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