Tetra

Definition

tetr(a)- comb form ေလး(ခု၊ ဖက္၊ ေထာင့္ စသည္)။ tetrahedron (ie a figure with four sides).

Examples

1. ‘Another member of the large characin clan
2. the lemon tetra has a fairly elongated body like its smaller relative the neon tetra and like neons and other characins
3. the lemon tetra does best if kept in small schools of six to eight fish.’
4. ‘On a recent visit
5. my friend I and were seated in the back corner
6. next to a large aquarium whose only occupants seemed to be a pair of tetras and some dazed-looking goldfish.’
7. ‘It was a black skirt tetra
8. which is a fairly common aquarium fish.’
9. ‘So there was nemo
10. many types of guppies
11. tetra and this queer tortoise with a spout for mouth - really strange looking.’
12. ‘The freshwater mollies and tetras are rather ferocious and may take chunks out of your skin like miniature piranhas.’
13. ‘Pachon Cave in northeastern Mexico supports a population of blind Mexican tetras isolated from base-level populations by elevation.’
14. ‘We have a freshwater fish tank community of tetras
15. catfish
16. gouramis and loaches.’
17. ‘The tetra is particularly popular with hobbyists
18. since it is attractive in appearance
19. undemanding in maintenance
20. and easily bred.’
21. ‘Cardinal tetra is the bright glowing variety and marble molly looks like dotted marble and comes both in white and black.’
22. ‘Rosy and rummy-nosed tetras and uaru cichlids swam en masse.’
23. ‘Like many tetras
24. the glowlight tetra is a schooling fish and prefers to swim in the company of at least seven of its peers.’
25. ‘The Mexican tetra is easy to raise in the laboratory and exhibits many of the attributes that have made zebrafish a popular model system in developmental biology.’