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cichlid

/ˈsɪklɪd/

noun

What it means

  1. Any of many tropical fish, of the family Cichlidae, popular as aquarium fish.

    There were all kinds - Swordtails, Guppies, Platys, Terras [sic], Neons, Cichlids, Labyrinth and Paradise fish, and every variety of exotic Goldfish.

    1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 156

In a sentence

There were all kinds - Swordtails, Guppies, Platys, Terras [sic], Neons, Cichlids, Labyrinth and Paradise fish, and every variety of exotic Goldfish.

1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 156

Where it comes from

  1. translingualCichlidae
  2. translingualCichlidae
  3. Englishcichlid

Borrowed from Translingual Cichlidae.

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