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danio

danio noun: any of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario.

danio: any of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario
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Noun

danio (plural danios)

  1. (in-compounds) Any of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario.
    • Danios are very similar to barbs but are much slimmer-bodied.1995, Mary Bailey, The Ultimate Aquarium, Smithmark, page 158
    • To me, however, they are more reminiscent of leopard danios than livebearers.2007, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, volume 56, numbers 1-4, TFH Publications, page 51

danio meaning in Tamil and Arabic

danio in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

danio in Arabic

Danio-genus fish
دَانِيُو dāniyū

Forms of danio

pluraldanios

Origin of danio

Borrowed from translingual Danio, from Bengali ধানি (dhani, “relating to paddies”) + Latin -ō (masculine noun suffix).

Words formed from danio

Questions about danio

What does danio mean?
Danio means any of various fish of the genera Danio or Devario.
What is danio in Tamil?
Danio in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Danio meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is danio?
Danio is a noun.
What is the plural of danio?
The plural of danio is danios.

Words near danio in the dictionary

  1. Danilov
  2. danim
  3. Danimir
  4. danims
  5. Daning
  6. danio
  7. danionin
  8. danionine
  9. danionins
  10. danios
  11. Danipa

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: danio (page history and authors); danio (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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