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    GENUS GAMBUSIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Mosquitofishplay

    Synonyms:

    Gambusia; genus Gambusia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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