cichlid

Adjective, Noun

cich=lid

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cichlid(n = noun.animal) cichlid fish - freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums;

is a kind of percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

is a member of cichlidae, family cichlidae

has particulars: bolti, tilapia nilotica

cichlid, n. any tropical freshwater fish of the family Cichlidae, esp. the kinds kept in aquariums.

Etymology

mod.L Cichlidae f. Gk kikhle a kind of fish