Poeciliid
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noun.
Any member of the Poeciliidae.
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noun.
small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
Word Usage
"‘Natural and sexual selection on color patterns in poeciliid fishes’, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 9, 173–90."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
cypriniform fish
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
Mollie
gambusia affinis
molly
mosquitofish
platy