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GENUS GAMBUSIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gambusia mean?
• GENUS GAMBUSIA (noun)
The noun GENUS GAMBUSIA has 1 sense:
1. mosquitofish
Familiarity information: GENUS GAMBUSIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mosquitofish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gambusia; genus Gambusia
Hypernyms ("genus Gambusia" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gambusia"):
Gambusia affinis; mosquitofish (silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control)
Holonyms ("genus Gambusia" is a member of...):
family Poeciliidae; Poeciliidae (topminnows)
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