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cichlid definition

cich·lid (sik′lid′)

noun

any of a family (Cichlidae) of tropical and subtropical freshwater percoid fishes superficially similar to the American sunfishes

Etymology: < ModL Cichlidae < Gr kichlē, a sea fish, wrasse

adjective

of this family

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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