tropical fish

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noun

any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.

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Origin of tropical fish

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby tropical fish

tropical cyclone, tropical depression, tropical diarrhea, tropical disturbance, tropical eosinophilia, tropical fish, tropicalize, tropical lichen, tropical medicine, tropical sore, tropical splenomegaly syndrome

How to use tropical fish in a sentence

When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Mistletoes on mesquite trees in central Mexico have been linked to a greater abundance of tropical bird species.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kocurek documented the scene with notes and diagrams, and called the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer corroborated another account.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tyrannus melancholicus chloronotus Berlepsch: Tropical Kingbird.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
He must be The saltest fish that swims the sea.And, oh!He has a secret woe!
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He looked up from his fish and replied, somewhat cuttingly, "By contesting a borough and getting elected."
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Smoking, the angry and fuming king protests, had made our manners as rude as those of the fish-wives of Dieppe.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock