killifish (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *killifish*:
NOUN	animal	killifish	small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes

killifish > pronunciation
Sounds	kih'lihfihsh
Rhymes	abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh...

English > *killifish*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control.
Narrower	flagfish, American flagfish, Jordanella floridae	A fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes
	mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus	silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States
	rivulus	Found in small streams of tropical America
	striped killifish, mayfish, may fish, Fundulus majalis	black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States
Broader	cyprinodont	Any member of the family Cyprinodontidae

HyperDic: killifish