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cich⋅lid
[sik-lid] 
–noun
| 1. | any of the spiny-rayed, freshwater fishes constituting the family Cichlidae, of South America, Africa, and southern Asia, superficially resembling the American sunfishes and popular in home aquariums. |
–adjective
| 2. | belonging or pertaining to the family Cichlidae. |
Also, cich⋅loid [sik-loid] .
[sik-loid] . Origin:
1880–85; < NL Cichlidae, equiv. to Cichl(a) a genus (< Gk kíchlē thrush, wrasse) + -idae -id 2
1880–85; < NL Cichlidae, equiv. to Cichl(a) a genus (< Gk kíchlē thrush, wrasse) + -idae -id 2
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| cich·lid (sĭk'lĭd) n. Any of various tropical and subtropical freshwater fishes of the family Cichlidae, many of which are popular as aquarium fish. [From New Latin Cichla, type genus, from Greek kikhlē, a kind of fish; see ghel-1 in Indo-European roots.] cich'lid adj. |
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Cichlid graphics, tool
A tool for rapidly visualising arbitrary data in high-quality 3D, while allowing the viewer to explore and interact with the data in real time. Cichlid was designed with remote data generation and machine independence in mind; data is transmitted via TCP from any number of sources (data servers) to the visualisation code (the client), which displays them concurrently.
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