English noun: live-bearer | |||
1. | live-bearer (animal) small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control | ||
Synonyms | poeciliid, poeciliid fish, topminnow | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cypriniform fish | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Gambusia affinis, mollie, molly, mosquitofish, platy, Platypoecilus maculatus | ||
Member meronym | family Poeciliidae, Poeciliidae | ||