Definitions for cichlid

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cichlid cich·lid

Spelling: [sik-lid]

IPA: /ˈsɪk lɪd/

Cichlid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in cichlid (ccdhiil).

Definitions for cichlid

noun

1. any of the spiny-rayed, freshwater fishes constituting the family Cichlidae, of South America, Africa, and southern Asia, superficially resembling the American sunfishes and popular in home aquariums.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the family Cichlidae.

Origin of cichlid

1880-85; New Latin Cichlidae, equivalent to Cichl(a) a genus (Greek kíchlē thrush, wrasse) + -idae -id²