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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
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