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pleco

pleco noun: any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae, popular in aquaria for their ability to clean tanks by eating algae growth.

pleco: any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae, popular in aquaria for their...
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Noun

pleco (plural plecos)

  1. Any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae, popular in aquaria for their ability to clean tanks by eating algae growth.

pleco meaning in Tamil

pleco in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of pleco

Forms of pleco

pluralplecos

Origin of pleco

Shortened from plecostomus, from translingual Plecostomus.

Words formed from pleco

Phrases with pleco

Questions about pleco

What does pleco mean?
Pleco means any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae, popular in aquaria for their ability to clean tanks by eating algae growth.
What is pleco in Tamil?
Pleco in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Pleco meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pleco?
Pleco is a noun.
What is the plural of pleco?
The plural of pleco is plecos.

Words near pleco in the dictionary

  1. plec
  2. plecanatide
  3. pleck
  4. plecks
  5. pleckstrin
  6. pleco
  7. pleco fish
  8. pleco fishes
  9. plecoglossid
  10. plecoglossids
  11. plecomacrolide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pleco (page history and authors); pleco (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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