Cichlid (Noun)

Meaning

Freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Cichlid Fish

Hypernyms

• Percoid
• Percoidean

Hyponyms

• Tilapia Nilotica