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Definition 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.
Generic synonyms: Percoid, Percoid Fish, Percoidean
Group relationships: Cichlidae, Family Cichlidae
Specialized synonyms: Bolti, Tilapia Nilotica
Definition of Cichlid
1. Noun. Any of many tropical fish, of the family ''Cichlidae'', popular as aquarium fish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cichlid
1. a tropical fish [n -LIDS or -LIDAE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cichlid
Literary usage of Cichlid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Charles Rochester Eastman, Eugene Willis Gudger, Arthur Wilbur Henn, American Museum of Natural History (1917)
"Regan, С. Т. A revision of the fishes of the South American cichlid genera ...
A revision of the fishes of the South American cichlid genera Cichla, ..."
2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1906)
"Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) xv, pp. 557 & 558. « 378. . A revision of the fishes of the
South American cichlid genera Acara, Nannacara, ..."
3. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"None have yet been shown to have harmful effects.) Fishes (13) Bighead carp
Blue-eyed cichlid European ruffe Jaguar guapote ..."
4. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"It has the marginal spinels stout, obtusely pointed. cichlid.S:. cichlid scales
are broader than long (sometimes not greatly so), ..."
5. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... a third of all the world's cichlid species. Their importance in the study of
evolution has been compared to that of finches on the Galapagos Islands. ..."
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