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Poeciliid

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any fish in the family Poeciliidae.
  2. 2
    small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control wordnet

Etymology

From translingual Poecilia, from ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-colored, variegated”) + -id, after translingual Poeciliidae.

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