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tet•ra

Pronunciation: (te'tru), [key]
—n.
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.

tetra-

a combining form meaning “four,” used in the formation of compound words: tetrabranchiate. Also, esp. before a vowel,tetr-.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

tetr-

tetrabasic

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