English noun: cichlid | |||
1. | cichlid (animal) freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums | ||
Synonyms | cichlid fish | ||
Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bolti, Tilapia nilotica | ||
Member meronym | Cichlidae, family Cichlidae | ||