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    FAMILY POECILIIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Topminnowsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Poeciliidae; Poeciliidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family 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)

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