cichlid

/ˈsɪklɪd/
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Other forms: cichlids

Definitions of cichlid
  1. noun
    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 fish
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    types:
    Tilapia nilotica, bolti
    important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor
    type of:
    percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
    any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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