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noun
Any fish in the family Poeciliidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: topminnow, poeciliid fish, live-bearer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cypriniform fish
Narrower terms: mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, platy, Platypoecilus maculatus, mollie, molly
History
From translingual Poecilia, from ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-colored, variegated”) + -id, after translingual Poeciliidae.
