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Gambusia
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Gambusia
see synonyms of gambusianoun
1.
a member of a genus of small primarily freshwater fish of the family Poeciliidae, widely used in aquaria
2.
the mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
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Gambusia
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US
any of a genus (Gambusia) of small freshwater livebearers useful in mosquito control, including the mosquitofish
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Gambusia
see synonyms of gambusian.
Any of various small live-bearing fishes of the genus Gambusia of the Americas, which are popular in home aquariums and have become widely naturalized because of their use for mosquito control.
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