RIVULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rivulus mean? 

• RIVULUS (noun)
  The noun RIVULUS has 1 sense:

1. found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic

  Familiarity information: RIVULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIVULUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("rivulus" is a kind of...):

killifish (small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control)

Holonyms ("rivulus" is a member of...):

genus Rivulus (killifish)