Definitions for cichlids

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cichlids cich·lid

Spelling: [sik-lid]

IPA: /ˈsɪk lɪd/

Cichlids is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in cichlids (ccdhiils).

Definitions for cichlids

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.
2. 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.
2. belonging or pertaining to the family Cichlidae.

Origin of cichlids

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