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panchax

noun
pan·​chax | \ ˈpan-ˌkaks How to pronounce panchax (audio) \

Definition of panchax

: any of various small brilliantly colored Old World killifishes (genus Aplocheilus) often kept in tropical aquariums

First Known Use of panchax

1952, in the meaning defined above

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