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noun
Any of several livebearing freshwater fish, of the genus Gambusia, that feed on the larva of mosquitos and are used to control them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
mosquitofish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Gambusia
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Broader terms: fish genus
History
From the genus name.
