Cichlidae

noun

cichlids

• Syn: ↑family Cichlidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi

• Member Meronyms: ↑cichlid, ↑cichlid fish, ↑Tilapia, ↑genus Tilapia

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\\ˈsikləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Cichla, type genus (from Greek kichlē thrush, also, a kind of wrasse) + -idae; akin to Greek chelidōn swallow — more at celandine

: a large family of chiefly tropical freshwater percoid fishes similar in many respects to the American sunfishes, some (as the bolti) being important food fishes while a number of small forms are favored for the tropical aquarium