"flowerhorn" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flowerhorns [plural]
Etymology: flower + horn Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flower|horn}} flower + horn Head templates: {{en-noun}} flowerhorn (plural flowerhorns)
  1. A brightly-coloured ornamental cichlid with a distinctive nuchal hump. Wikipedia link: flowerhorn Categories (lifeform): Cichlids Translations (fish): louhan (Indonesian), ikan louhan (Indonesian)

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