noun
freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
• Syn: ↑cichlid
• Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean
• Hyponyms: ↑bolti, ↑Tilapia nilotica
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cichlidae, ↑family Cichlidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.