CHARACIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Characidae mean? 

• CHARACIDAE (noun)
  The noun CHARACIDAE has 1 sense:

1. tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America

  Familiarity information: CHARACIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARACIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Characidae; family Characidae

Hypernyms ("Characidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Characidae"):

characid; characin; characin fish (any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae)

genus Hemigrammus; Hemigrammus (tetras)

genus Paracheirodon; Paracheirodon (a genus of Characidae)

genus Serrasalmus; Serrasalmus (piranhas)

Holonyms ("Characidae" is a member of...):

Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)