Definition of characin

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char·a·cin

-s

n) KEY also char·a·cid (-s

d) KEY

NOUN:

See tetra.

ETYMOLOGY:
From New Latin Characinidae, former family name, from Greek kharax, kharak-, a kind of fish

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