tetra
/ˈtɛ.tɹə/
tetra noun: any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.
Noun
tetra (plural tetras)
- Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.
- Among them were ancient relatives of the piranhas and those popular aquarium fish the tetras, along with garfish and freshwater coelacanths, known as mawsonids.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 32
tetra meaning in Tamil
tetra in Tamil
- நான்கின், நான்கிற்குறிய, நான்கு
Forms of tetra
| plural | tetras |
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Origin of tetra
From translingual Tetragonopterus, an obsolete genus that included these fish, ultimately from Ancient Greek τετράγωνος (tetrágōnos, “square, quadrilateral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing, fin”).
Words formed from tetra
- Adonis tetra
- African long-finned tetra
- African moon tetra
- Arnold's tetra
- banded tetra
- bandtail tetra
- barred glass tetra
- beacon tetra
- Belgian flag tetra
- blackband tetra
- black darter tetra
- blackedge tetra
- black-flag tetra
- black-jacket tetra
- blackline tetra
- black morpho tetra
- black neon tetra
- black phantom tetra
- black tetra
- black wedge tetra
- bleeding heart tetra
- blind tetra
- bloodfin tetra
- blue tetra
- brass tetra
- brilliant rummynose tetra
- bucktooth tetra
- Buenos Aires tetra
- butterfly tetra
- callistus tetra
- calypso tetra
- cardinal tetra
- Carlana tetra
- central tetra
- Cochu's blue tetra
- coffee-bean tetra
- Colcibolca tetra
- Congo tetra
- copper tetra
- Costello tetra
- creek tetra
- croaking tetra
- dawn tetra
- diamond tetra
- discus tetra
- disk tetra
- dragonfin tetra
- ember tetra
- emperor tetra
- false black tetra
- false neon tetra
- false red nose tetra
- false rummynose tetra
- featherfin tetra
- firehead tetra
- flag tetra
- flame tail tetra
- flame tetra
- garnet tetra
- glass bloodfin tetra
Phrases with tetra
Questions about tetra
- What does tetra mean?
- Tetra means any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.
- What is tetra in Tamil?
- Tetra in Tamil is நான்கின், நான்கிற்குறிய, நான்கு. See Tetra meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tetra?
- Tetra is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tetra?
- Tetra is pronounced /ˈtɛ.tɹə/.
- What is the plural of tetra?
- The plural of tetra is tetras.
Words near tetra in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tetra (page history and authors); 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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