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cichlid

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cich·lid  (skld)
n.
Any of various tropical and subtropical freshwater fishes of the family Cichlidae, many of which are popular as aquarium fish.
[From New Latin Cichla, type genus, from Greek kikhl, a kind of fish; see ghel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
cichlid adj.
cichlid [ˈsɪklɪd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any tropical freshwater percoid fish of the family Cichlidae, which includes the mouthbrooders. Cichlids are popular aquarium fishes
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Cichlidae
[from New Latin Cichlidae, ultimately from Greek kikhlē a sea fish]
cichloid  adj
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Noun1.cichlidcichlid - freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
cichlid fish
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Cichlidae, family Cichlidae - cichlids
bolti, Tilapia nilotica - important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor


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