characidae

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Characidae
    n 1: tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and
         Central America [syn: {Characidae}, {family Characidae}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Characidae \Characidae\ n.
   a natural family of tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and
   southern and central America.

   Syn: family {Characidae}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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