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POECILIIDAE

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

1. topminnows

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

• POECILIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Poeciliidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Topminnows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Poeciliidae; Poeciliidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Poeciliidae"):

live-bearer; poeciliid; poeciliid fish; topminnow (small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control)

Gambusia; genus Gambusia (mosquitofish)

genus Platypoecilus; Platypoecilus (platys)

genus Mollienesia; Mollienesia (mollies)

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

Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)

"He who hesitates is lost."
(English proverb)
"The child tells what goes on in the house."
(Albanian proverb)
"Do good and throw it in sea."
(Arabic proverb)
"Well started is half won."
(Dutch proverb)

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