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Poeciliidae

noun

topminnows

• Syn: ↑family Poeciliidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cypriniformes, ↑order Cypriniformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑topminnow, ↑poeciliid fish, ↑poeciliid, ↑live-bearer, ↑Gambusia, ↑genus Gambusia, ↑Platypoecilus, ↑genus Platypoecilus, ↑Mollienesia, ↑genus Mollienesia

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\\ˌpēsəˈlīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Poecilia, type genus (from Greek poikilia condition of being marked with various colors, from poikil- poecil- + -ia -y) + -idae

: a large family of small New World viviparous fishes (order Microcyprini) comprising the topminnows and having the male anal fin modified as a copulatory organ — compare guppy, swordtail

Useful english dictionary. 2012.