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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control;
[syn: topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid, live-bearer]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

live-bearer \live-bearer\ n. Any fish of the family Poeciliiidae, small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control. Syn: topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

live-bearer n 1: small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control [syn: topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid, live-bearer]