Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, which includes the tetras.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any freshwater fish of the family
Characinidae ; -- also calledcharacin .
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- noun zoology Any member of the
Characidae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Characidae, family name, from Greek kharax, kharak-, a kind of sea bream.]
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A new genus and species of characid fish from the Amazon basin - the recognition of a relictual lineage of characid fishes (Ostariophysi: Cheirodontinae:
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