tropical fish

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tropical fish¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Pawnee said farewell to the aggressively healthy Chris Traeger and tropical fish Ann Perkins.

From The Daily Beast

"We have to keep the boilers going in Winter to warm the water for the tropical fish," said the man to Mr. Bobbsey.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a tropical fish, its range extending from the Florida Keys to Brazil.

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Plectognathi, a curious tropical fish that can inflate itself so as to resemble a balloon.

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A tropical fish of the Mesoprion family, frequenting the deep-water banks of the West Indies.

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It was the color of a half-grown cucumber, and it made me think of a tropical fish in an aquarium when the water needed changing.

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