| NOUN | animal | poeciliid, topminnow, poeciliid fish, live-bearer | small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters |
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| Meaning | small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control. | |
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| Synonyms | topminnow, poeciliid fish, live-bearer | |
| Member of | Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae | topminnows |
| Narrower | mollie, molly | Popular aquarium fish |
| mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis | silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies | |
| platy, Platypoecilus maculatus | small stocky Mexican fish | |
| Broader | cypriniform fish | A soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes |
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