noun
cichlids
• Syn: ↑family Cichlidae
• Hypernyms: ↑fish family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi
• Member Meronyms: ↑cichlid, ↑cichlid fish, ↑Tilapia, ↑genus Tilapia
* * *
\\ˈsikləˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cichla, type genus (from Greek kichlē thrush, also, a kind of wrasse) + -idae; akin to Greek chelidōn swallow — more at celandine
: a large family of chiefly tropical freshwater percoid fishes similar in many respects to the American sunfishes, some (as the bolti) being important food fishes while a number of small forms are favored for the tropical aquarium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.