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Definition of Characin
1. Noun. Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
Generic synonyms: Cypriniform Fish
Group relationships: Characidae, Family Characidae
Specialized synonyms: Tetra, Cardinal Tetra, Paracheirodon Axelrodi, Caribe, Pirana, Piranha
Definition of Characin
1. Noun. Any of many diverse fish, of the order ''Characiformes'', related to the carp and catfish and including the tetra. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Characin
1. a tropical fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Characin
Literary usage of Characin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"... a pike-like characin from Colombia. In the same Proceedings Professor John 0.
Snyder describes a new sucker from the Santa Ana River, at Riverside, ..."
2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"... I characin" i Carp 230 Sucker 51 Catfish 25 Mooneye 3 Herring $ Gizzard shad
i Few localities, even among the most favored, contain more than 50 species ..."
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