tetra : Idioms & Phrases


cardinal tetra

  • noun small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia
    Paracheirodon axelrodi.
WordNet

tetra-

Tet"ra-
Etymology
Gr. , from , , four. See Four.
Definitions
  1. A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous.
  2. (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide.
Webster 1913