Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of toothed shiners of the family Characinidæ, found in rivers of South America.

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  • One of my Clown loaches died earlier this year, and an ancistrus died a few days before we went to Japan.

    My penguins magnio 2008

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