HyperDic: killifish

English > 1 sense of the word killifish:
NOUNanimalkillifishsmall mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes
killifish > pronunciation
Soundskih'lihfihsh
Rhymesabolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh...
English > killifish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control.
Narrowerflagfish, American flagfish, Jordanella floridaeA fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes
mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitussilver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States
rivulusFound in small streams of tropical America
striped killifish, mayfish, may fish, Fundulus majalisblack-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States
BroadercyprinodontAny member of the family Cyprinodontidae

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