Noun: cichlid sik-lid
- Freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
"The cichlid family includes popular aquarium fish like angelfish and discus";
- cichlid fish
Derived forms: cichlids
Type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
Part of: Cichlidae, family Cichlidae
Encyclopedia: Cichlid