Meanings
plural cichlids
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfreshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- translingualCichlidae
- translingualCichlidae
- Englishcichlid
Borrowed from Translingual Cichlidae.
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Dutch cichlide
- cichlidea tropical fish
Finnish kirjoahven
- kirjoahvena tropical fish
French cichlidé
- cichlidéa tropical fish
German Buntbarsch
- Buntbarscha tropical fish
Japanese シクリッド, 川雀
- シクリッド (shikuriddo)a tropical fish
- 川雀 (kawasuzume)a tropical fish
Latin cichlida
- cichlidaa tropical fish
Polish pielęgnica
- pielęgnicaa tropical fish
Russian цихли́да
- цихли́да (cixlída)a tropical fish
Swedish ciklid
- ciklida tropical fish
Cite this entry
cichlid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cichlid
“cichlid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cichlid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cichlid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cichlid.
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