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CICHLIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cichlids

Synonyms:

Cichlidae; family Cichlidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cichlidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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