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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Any fish of the family Poeciliiidae, small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.

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  • noun small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control

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