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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) characin
any freshwater fish of the family Characidae, of Africa and Central and South America.

Etymology: (1880–85; < F < NL Characini a subgeneric group (Linnaeus) &indirdesc; Gk chárax pointed stake, a kind of fish)

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1. (noun) characin, characin fish, characid
any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae

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