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tetras

tetras is the plural of tetra.

Meaning of tetra

Noun

tetra (plural tetras)

  1. 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

Phrases with tetras

Questions about tetras

What is tetras the plural of?
Tetras is the plural of tetra.

Words near tetras in the dictionary

  1. tetrarogid
  2. tetrarogids
  3. tetrarooseveltite
  4. tetrarsenide
  5. tetrarsenides
  6. tetras
  7. tetrasaccharide
  8. tetrasaccharides
  9. tetraschistic
  10. tetraselenide
  11. tetraselenides

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