flowerhorn

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Etymology[edit]

flower +‎ horn

Noun[edit]

flowerhorn (plural flowerhorns)

  1. A brightly-coloured ornamental cichlid with a distinctive nuchal hump.
    • 2006, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, volume 54, numbers 9-12, page 19:
      Could you give information on flowerhorns? I have heard that they were formed by crossbreeding blood-red parrot cichlids to trimacs. Is that true?

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