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Killifish

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Noun

1. killifish

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Killifish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
any of various chiefly American minnow-like cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and related genera, of fresh and brackish waters: used as aquarium fishes, to control mosquitoes, and as anglers' bait

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Killifish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈkilliˌfish or ˈkilliˌfishes
any of a family (Cyprinodontidae, order Atheriniformes) of small, freshwater bony fishes used in mosquito control and as bait
: also ˈkillie (ˈkɪli ; kilˈē) Word forms: plural ˈkillies

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Killifish

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n. pl. killifish or kil·li·fish·es
Any of numerous small fishes of the family Fundulidae and related families of the order Cyprinidontiformes, chiefly inhabiting fresh and brackish waters in warm regions and popular in home aquariums.

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