| Library / English Dictionary |
POECILIID FISH
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
Synonyms:
live-bearer; poeciliid; poeciliid fish; topminnow
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("poeciliid fish" is a kind of...):
cypriniform fish (a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poeciliid fish"):
Gambusia affinis; mosquitofish (silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control)
platy; Platypoecilus maculatus (small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish)
mollie; molly (popular aquarium fish)
Holonyms ("poeciliid fish" is a member of...):
family Poeciliidae; Poeciliidae (topminnows)
