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    CHARACIN FISH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    characid; characin; characin fish

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("characin fish" is a kind of...):

    cypriniform fish (a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "characin fish"):

    tetra (brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes)

    cardinal tetra; Paracheirodon axelrodi (small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia)

    caribe; pirana; piranha (small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals)

    Holonyms ("characin fish" is a member of...):

    Characidae; family Characidae (tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America)

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