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PARACHEIRODON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Characidae

Synonyms:

genus Paracheirodon; Paracheirodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Paracheirodon" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Paracheirodon"):

cardinal tetra; Paracheirodon axelrodi (small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia)

Holonyms ("Paracheirodon" is a member of...):

Characidae; family Characidae (tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America)

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