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Characin Moderate

Characin has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae

2

Any of many diverse fish, of the order Characiformes, related to the carp and catfish and including the tetra, which were formerly all included in the family Characidae.

See Also
tigerfish catfish darter characiformes characins fish carp tetra
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cypriniform fish
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tetra cardinal tetra piranha
Rhyming Words
cin nucin orcin mucin ricin micin racin mycin glycin laccin dancin hircin zincin dracin marcin aescin avicin fuscin viscin acacin
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