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neon tetra

neon tetra noun: paracheirodon innesi (syn. Hyphessobrycon innesi), a small, tropical American fish, popular as an aquarium fish.

neon tetra: paracheirodon innesi (syn. Hyphessobrycon innesi), a small, tropical American fish, popular as an...
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Noun

neon tetra (plural neon tetras)

  1. Paracheirodon innesi (syn. Hyphessobrycon innesi), a small, tropical American fish, popular as an aquarium fish.
    • A swarm of thin neon tetra with red bellies and bright blue backs flash by.2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 270

neon tetra meaning in Tamil and Persian

neon tetra in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

neon tetra in Persian

Hyphessobrycon innesi
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Forms of neon tetra

pluralneon tetras

Questions about neon tetra

What does neon tetra mean?
Neon tetra means paracheirodon innesi (syn. Hyphessobrycon innesi), a small, tropical American fish, popular as an aquarium fish.
What is neon tetra in Tamil?
Neon tetra in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Neon tetra meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neon tetra?
Neon tetra is a noun.
What is the plural of neon tetra?
The plural of neon tetra is neon tetras.

Words near neon tetra in the dictionary

  1. neon lights
  2. neon pop-punk
  3. neon sign
  4. neon signs
  5. neon skimmer
  6. neon tetra
  7. neon tetras
  8. neon-20
  9. neon-21
  10. neon-22
  11. neonacy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neon tetra (page history and authors); neon tetra (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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