PLATYPOECILUS MACULATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Platypoecilus maculatus mean? 

• PLATYPOECILUS MACULATUS (noun)
  The noun PLATYPOECILUS MACULATUS has 1 sense:

1. small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish

  Familiarity information: PLATYPOECILUS MACULATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLATYPOECILUS MACULATUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

platy; Platypoecilus maculatus

Hypernyms ("Platypoecilus maculatus" is a kind of...):

live-bearer; poeciliid; poeciliid fish; topminnow (small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control)

Holonyms ("Platypoecilus maculatus" is a member of...):

genus Platypoecilus; Platypoecilus (platys)