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gambusia

  (găm-byū'zhə) pronunciation
n.

Any of various small livebearing fish of the genus Gambusia that feed on mosquito larvae and are often used in mosquito control.

[New Latin Gambusia, genus name, from American Spanish gambusino.]


 
 

Small, 1 inch long, pale fish which eat mosquito larvae and are used in their control.

 
WordNet: Gambusia
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: mosquitofish
  Synonym: genus Gambusia


 
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Gambusia
Cuban gambusia, Gambusia punctata
Cuban gambusia, Gambusia punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Gambusia
Poey, 1854
Species

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Gambusia is a genus of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae (order Cyprinodontiformes. The type species is the Cuban gambusia, Gambusia punctata). Gambusia species are often called topminnows or simply gambusias; they are also known as mosquitofish, which, however, refers more specifically to one species, G. affinis.

Nine species are listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List; one, the widemouth gambusia, G. eurystoma, is Critically Endangered; and two, the Amistad gambusia, G. amistadensis, and the San Marcos gambusia, G. georgei, are already extinct.

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FishBase lists 43 species:

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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