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Meaning of tetra | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈtɛ.tɹə/

Definitions

Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.

Equivalents

Suomi tetra
Italiano tetra
Polski tetra
Русский те́тра

Examples

“Among them were ancient relatives of the piranhas and those popular aquarium fish the tetras, along with garfish and freshwater coelacanths, known as mawsonids.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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