HyperDic: gambusia_affinis

English > 1 sense of the expression Gambusia affinis:
NOUNanimalGambusia affinis, mosquitofishsilvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies
English > Gambusia affinis: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsilvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control.
Synonymmosquitofish
Member ofGambusia, genus Gambusiamosquitofish
Broadertopminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid, live-bearersmall usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters
CatalanGambusia affinis, gambúsia

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