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FAMILY POECILIIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Topminnows
Synonyms:
family Poeciliidae; Poeciliidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Poeciliidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Poeciliidae"):
live-bearer; poeciliid; poeciliid fish; topminnow (small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control)
Gambusia; genus Gambusia (mosquitofish)
genus Platypoecilus; Platypoecilus (platys)
genus Mollienesia; Mollienesia (mollies)
Holonyms ("family Poeciliidae" is a member of...):
Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)
