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neon tetra
noun
- a small, brightly colored red and blue characin fish, Pracheirodon innesi, native to parts of the Amazon basin: a popular aquarium fish.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of neon tetra1
First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences
A thousand neon tetra, a flock of living quicksilver sewing needles, turned 90 degrees in perfect unison, then did it again, and again, and again, describing a neat, angular box in the water.
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