characin

Definitions of characin
  1. noun
    any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
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    types:
    piranha
    small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
    type of:
    poisson cypriniforme
    a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
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