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FAMILY CICHLIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cichlids
Synonyms:
Cichlidae; family Cichlidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Cichlidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Cichlidae"):
cichlid; cichlid fish (freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums)
genus Tilapia; Tilapia (a genus of Cichlidae)
Holonyms ("family Cichlidae" is a member of...):
order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)
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