live-bearer

Definitions of live-bearer
  1. noun
    small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
    synonyms: poeciliid, poeciliid fish, topminnow
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    types:
    Gambusia affinis, mosquitofish
    silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control
    Platypoecilus maculatus, platy
    small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
    mollie, molly
    popular aquarium fish
    type of:
    cypriniform fish
    a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
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