mosquitofish

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mosquitofish has 1 sense

mosquitofish(n = noun.animal) gambusia affinis - silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control; Array

is a kind of live-bearer, poeciliid, poeciliid fish, topminnow

is a member of gambusia, genus gambusia

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mosquitofish, n.

A silvery topminnow (Gambusia affinis) with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control. [WordNet 1.5]

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