NOUN | animal | cichlid fish, cichlid | 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 | |
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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