tetra

Meaning

Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.

Synonyms

tetra-

Translations

tetra

tetra

dört

4

dört kat

Etymology

From translingual Tetragonopterus, an obsolete genus that included these fish, ultimately from Ancient Greek τετράγωνος (tetrágōnos, “square, quadrilateral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing, fin”).