CICHLIDAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cichlidae mean? 

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

1. cichlids

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CICHLIDAE (noun)

Meaning:

Cichlids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cichlidae; family Cichlidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Cichlidae"):

cichlid; cichlid fish (freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums)

genus Tilapia; Tilapia (a genus of Cichlidae)

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

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)