POECILIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Poeciliidae mean? 

• POECILIIDAE (noun)
  The noun POECILIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. topminnows

  Familiarity information: POECILIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POECILIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Topminnows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Poeciliidae; Poeciliidae

Hypernyms ("Poeciliidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Poeciliidae"):

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)

Gambusia; genus Gambusia (mosquitofish)

genus Platypoecilus; Platypoecilus (platys)

genus Mollienesia; Mollienesia (mollies)

Holonyms ("Poeciliidae" is a member of...):

Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)