tetra
English
Hyphessobrycon, a genus of tetra
Etymology
From translingual Tetragonopterus, an obsolete genus that included these fish.
Noun
tetra (plural tetras)
- Any of numerous species of small South American freshwater fish of the family Characidae, popular in home aquariums.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 32:
- Among them were ancient relatives of the piranhas and those popular aquarium fish the tetras, along with garfish and freshwater coelacanths, known as mawsonids.
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Derived terms
terms derived from tetra
- Adonis tetra (Lepidarchus adonis)
- African long-finned tetra (Bryconalestes longipinnis, syn. Brycinus longipinnis)
- African moon tetra (Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus)
- Arnold's tetra (Arnoldichthys spilopterus)
- banded tetra (Astyanax fasciatus)
- bandtail tetra (Moenkhausia dichroura)
- barred glass tetra (Phenagoniates macrolepis)
- beacon tetra (Hemigrammus ocellifer)
- Belgian flag tetra (Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus)
- black darter tetra (Poecilocharax weitzmani)
- black morpho tetra (Poecilocharax weitzmani)
- black neon tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)
- black phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus)
- butterfly tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
- black tetra (Gymnocorymbus thayeri, Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
- black wedge tetra (Hemigrammus pulcher)
- blackband tetra (Hyphessobrycon scholzei)
- blackedge tetra (Tyttocharax madeirae)
- black-flag tetra (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus)
- black-jacket tetra (Moenkhausia takasei)
- blackline tetra (Hyphessobrycon scholzei)
- bleeding heart tetra (Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma)
- bleeding heart tetra (Hyphessobrycon socolofi)
- blind tetra (Stygichthys typhlops)
- goldencrown tetra (Aphyocharax alburnus)
- bloodfin tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi)
- blue tetra (Boehlkea fredcochui, Knodus borki, Mimagoniates microlepis, Tyttocharax madeirae, et al.)
- brass tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
- brilliant rummynose tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
- bucktooth tetra (Exodon paradoxus)
- Buenos Aires tetra (Hyphessobrycon anisitsi)
- Callistus tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
- calypso tetra (Hyphessobrycon axelrodi)
- cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
- Carlana tetra (Carlana eigenmanni)
- Cochu's blue tetra (Knodus borki)
- central tetra (Astyanax aeneus)
- coffee-bean tetra (Hyphessobrycon takasei)
- Colcibolca tetra (Astyanax nasutus)
- Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus)
- copper tetra (Hasemania melanura)
- Costello tetra (Hemigrammus hyanuary)
- creek tetra (Bryconamericus scleroparius)
- creek tetra (Bryconamericus terrabensis)
- croaking tetra (Mimagoniates inequalis)
- croaking tetra (Mimagoniates lateralis)
- dawn tetra (Aphyocharax paraguayensis)
- dawn tetra (Hyphessobrycon eos)
- diamond tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
- discus tetra (Brachychalcinus orbicularis)
- disk tetra (Myleus schomburgkii)
- dragonfin tetra (Pseudocorynopoma doriae)
- ember tetra (Hyphessobrycon amandae)
- emperor tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
- false black tetra (Gymnocorymbus thayeri)
- false neon tetra (Paracheirodon simulans)
- false red nose tetra (Petitella georgiae)
- false rummynose tetra (Petitella georgiae)
- featherfin tetra (Hemigrammus unilineatus)
- firehead tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
- flag tetra (Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus)
- flame tail tetra (Aphyocharax erythrurus)
- flame tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus)
- garnet tetra (Hemigrammus pulcher)
- glass tetra (Moenkhausia oligolepis), and also
- glossy tetra (Moenkhausia oligolepis)
- glowlight tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)
- gold tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
- golden tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
- goldencrown tetra (Aphyocharax alburnus)
- goldspotted tetra (Hyphessobrycon griemi)
- gold-tailed tetra (Carlastyanax aurocaudatus)
- green dwarf tetra (Odontocharacidium aphanes)
- green neon tetra (Paracheirodon simulans)
- green tetra (Paracheirodon simulans)
- Griem's tetra (Hyphessobrycon griemi)
- head & taillight tetra (Hemigrammus ocellifer)
- Hy511 tetra (Hyphessobrycon spp.)
- January tetra (Hemigrammus hyanuary)
- jellybean tetra (Lepidarchus adonis)
- jewel tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
- jumping tetra (Hemibrycon tridens)
- largespot tetra (Astyanax orthodus)
- lemon tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
- longfin tetra (Brycinus longipinnis)
- long-finned glass tetra (Xenagoniates bondi)
- longjaw tetra (Bramocharax bransfordii)
- Loreto tetra (Hyphessobrycon loretoensis)
- Mayan tetra (Hyphessobrycon compressus)
- Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus)
- mimic scale-eating tetra (Probolodus heterostomus)
- mourning tetra (Brycon pesu)
- naked tetra (Gymnocharacinus bergii)
- neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi)
- Niger tetra (Arnoldichthys spilopterus)
- nurse tetra (Brycinus nurse)
- oneline tetra (Nannaethiops unitaeniatus)
- one-line tetra (Hemigrammus unilineatus)
- orangefin tetra (Bryconops affinis)
- ornate tetra (Hyphessobrycon bentosi)
- Panama tetra (Hyphessobrycon panamensis)
- penguin tetra (Thayeria boehlkei)
- Peruvian tetra (Hyphessobrycon peruvianus)
- petticoat tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
- phantom tetra (Hyphessobrycon megalopterus)
- Pittier's tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
- pretty tetra (Hemigrammus pulcher)
- pristella tetra (Pristella maxillaris)
- pygmy tetra (Odontostilbe dialeptura)
- rainbow tetra (Nematobrycon lacortei)
- rainbow tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
- red eye tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae)
- red phantom Tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi)
- red tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus)
- redspotted tetra (Copeina guttata)
- rosy tetra (Hyphessobrycon bentosi)
- rosy tetra (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus)
- rosy-finned tetra (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus)
- royal tetra (Inpaichthys kerri)
- ruby tetra (Axelrodia riesei)
- rummy-nose tetra (Hemigrammus rhodostomus (bleheri))
- sailfin tetra (Crenuchus spilurus)
- savage tetra (Hyphessobrycon savagei)
- savanna tetra (Hyphessobrycon stegemanni)
- semaphore tetra (Pterobrycon myrnae)
- serpae tetra (Hyphessobrycon eques)
- sharptooth tetra (Micralestes acutidens)
- silver tetra (Ctenobrycon spilurus)
- silver tetra (Gymnocorymbus thayeri)
- silver tetra (Micralestes acutidens)
- silvertip tetra (Hasemania melanura)
- silvertip tetra, silver-tipped tetra (Hasemania nana)
- splash tetra (Copella arnoldi)
- spotfin tetra (Hyphessobrycon socolofi)
- spottail tetra (Moenkhausia dichroura)
- spotted tetra (Copella nattereri)
- Swegles's tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi)
- tailspot tetra (Bryconops caudomaculatus)
- tetra von Rio (Hyphessobrycon flammeus)
- three-lined African tetra (Neolebias trilineatus)
- Tietê tetra (Brycon insignis)
- Tortuguero tetra (Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae)
- transparent tetra (Charax gibbosus)
- true big-scale tetra (Brycinus macrolepidotus)
- Uruguay tetra (Cheirodon interruptus)
- white spot tetra (Aphyocharax paraguayensis)
- x-ray tetra (Pristella maxillaris)
- yellow tetra (Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus)
- yellow-tailed African tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis)
Translations
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtetrɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞t̪rɑ]
- Rhymes: -etrɑ
- Syllabification(key): tet‧ra
Etymology 1
< trade name Tetra Pak
Usage notes
- Often used as headword in a compound term, with a modifier that specifies the content, e.g. mehutetra (“Tetra Pak of juice”).
Declension
| Inflection of tetra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | tetra | tetrat | ||
| genitive | tetran | tetrojen | ||
| partitive | tetraa | tetroja | ||
| illative | tetraan | tetroihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | tetra | tetrat | ||
| accusative | nom. | tetra | tetrat | |
| gen. | tetran | |||
| genitive | tetran | tetrojen tetrainrare | ||
| partitive | tetraa | tetroja | ||
| inessive | tetrassa | tetroissa | ||
| elative | tetrasta | tetroista | ||
| illative | tetraan | tetroihin | ||
| adessive | tetralla | tetroilla | ||
| ablative | tetralta | tetroilta | ||
| allative | tetralle | tetroille | ||
| essive | tetrana | tetroina | ||
| translative | tetraksi | tetroiksi | ||
| instructive | — | tetroin | ||
| abessive | tetratta | tetroitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Etymology 2
From English tetra, from translingual Tetragonopterus.
Declension
| Inflection of tetra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | tetra | tetrat | ||
| genitive | tetran | tetrojen | ||
| partitive | tetraa | tetroja | ||
| illative | tetraan | tetroihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | tetra | tetrat | ||
| accusative | nom. | tetra | tetrat | |
| gen. | tetran | |||
| genitive | tetran | tetrojen tetrainrare | ||
| partitive | tetraa | tetroja | ||
| inessive | tetrassa | tetroissa | ||
| elative | tetrasta | tetroista | ||
| illative | tetraan | tetroihin | ||
| adessive | tetralla | tetroilla | ||
| ablative | tetralta | tetroilta | ||
| allative | tetralle | tetroille | ||
| essive | tetrana | tetroina | ||
| translative | tetraksi | tetroiksi | ||
| instructive | — | tetroin | ||
| abessive | tetratta | tetroitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.tra/
- Rhymes: -ɛtra
- Hyphenation: tè‧tra
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
tētra
- inflection of tēter:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
References
- tetra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛt.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtra
- Syllabification: tet‧ra
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-).
Derived terms
adjective
- tetrowy
Declension
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