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cichlid, n.|ˈsɪklɪd|
[ad. mod.L. Cichlidæ, f. Gr. κίχλη a fish, ‘labrus’.]
A fish of the family Cichlidæ. Also as adj. So ˈcichloid.
1884Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 275 The Demoiselle and the Cichlid families. 1889Cent. Dict., Cichloid a. and sb. 1914Brit. Museum Return 150 Five new Cichlid Fishes from Africa. 1926Sunday at Home July 591/1 Some of the cichlids are remarkable for their breeding habits. 1944J. S. Huxley Living in Rev. vi. 78 The little fish known as Cichlids exist in all the lakes [sc. the Great Lakes of Africa]. Where predators are present, as in Lake Albert, only four different Cichlid species have evolved since the Ice Age. 1968R. D. Martin tr. Wickler's Mimicry vi. 70 Various cichlid fish provide one example where the spots are used as threats between individuals of the same species... In some cichlids, the ring around the eye-spot has the same colour as the iris. |