cichlid

noun

cich·lid ˈsi-kləd

: any of a family (Cichlidae) of mostly tropical spiny-finned usually freshwater fishes including several kept in tropical aquariums

cichlid adjective

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So can bees, which can also add and subtract, as can both stingrays and cichlids—at least for a small number of objects (in the range of one to five). —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2024 His catches this past week consisted of peacock bass up to 5.5 pounds, snook, and largemouth bass to six pounds, chain pickerel, clown knife fish, grass carp and Mayan cichlids. —

Alan Sherman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 In fact, because female cichlids choose to mate with male cichlids whose colors correspond to their own, these fish have successfully separated themselves into separate mating pools, and thus species, while still living in close proximity. —

Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2023 Most notable among these examples are the African cichlids. —

Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for cichlid

Word History

Etymology

from the base of New Latin Cichlidae, family name, from Cichla, a genus in the family (borrowed from Greek kíchlē "thrush, a species of wrasse," probably of pre-Greek substratal origin) + -idae -idae

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of cichlid was in 1884

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