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CICHLID
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
cichlid; cichlid fish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cichlid" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cichlid"):
bolti; Tilapia nilotica (important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor)
Holonyms ("cichlid" is a member of...):
Cichlidae; family Cichlidae (cichlids)
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