characin
noun
char·a·cin ˈker-ə-sən 
ˈka-rə-
: any of a family (Characidae) of usually small brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes that includes many aquarium fishes
characin adjective
Word History
Etymology
ultimately from Greek charak-, charax pointed stake, a fish
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
- labyrinthodontiae
- labyrinthodontias
- labyrinthodontid
- labyrinthodontoid
- labyrinthodonts
- labyrinths
- Labyrinthula
- Labyrinthulales
- lac
- lac dye
- lac insect
- lac lake
- Lac Mai-Ndombe
- lac saint-jean
- lac tree
- lac wax
- Lacan
- Lacandon
- lacandones
- lacanian
- lacca
- Laccadive Islands
- laccadive, minicoy, and amindivi islands
- laccase
- laccate