topminnow#1 (n)
poeciliid fish (n)
poeciliid (n)
live-bearer (n)

n01448951

type n
lex_filenum 05
def small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters
def often used in mosquito control
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Hypernym cypriniform fish
Member holonym Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae
Hyponym mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis; platy, Platypoecilus maculatus; mollie, molly
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Hyponym cypriniform fish
Member meronym Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae
Hypernym mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis; platy, Platypoecilus maculatus; mollie, molly

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