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Definition of spotted silver dollar

spotted silver dollar

Plural:spotted silver dollars
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spotted silver dollar Lexical Profile

• noun

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A peaceful, schooling freshwater fish belonging to the family Serrasalmidae, native to South American river basins such as the Amazon and Orinoco. It is characterized by its laterally compressed, disc-shaped silvery body covered in dark spots and is a popular species in the freshwater aquarium hobby.

Example

"The aquarist decided to introduce a small school of spotted silver dollars to her large, heavily planted South American biotope tank."

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