Definition of Rainbow fish

1. Noun. Small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums.

Exact synonyms: Guppy, Lebistes Reticulatus
Generic synonyms: Cyprinodont

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rainbow Fish

rain shower
rain stick
rain tree
rain trees
rainband
rainbands
rainbird
rainbirds
rainboot
rainboots
rainbow
rainbow-colored
rainbow bridge
rainbow cactus
rainbow coalition
rainbow fish (current term)
rainbow lorikeet
rainbow parties
rainbow perch
rainbow pink
rainbow runner
rainbow runners
rainbow seaperch
rainbow shower
rainbow smelt
rainbow symptom
rainbow table
rainbow tables

Literary usage of Rainbow fish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"Based on acute toxicity studies with purple-spotted gudgeon and chequered rainbow fish, Holdway (1992) calculated the threshold value of 200 ug/L water for ..."

2. Others, an Anthology of the New Verse by Alfred Kreymborg (1916)
"She was blowing soap bubbles, Iridescent, And flirting with a rainbow fish. I awoke with a stinging in my eyes As though one of her gay drifting bubbles Had ..."

3. The Amateur Fisherman's Guide by Charles Thackeray (1895)
"Off the eastern point of Double Bay, Point Piper, carp, black fish, black bream, parrot and rainbow fish are constantly caught, and frequently during ..."

4. Balancing Reading & Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English by Mary Cappellini (2005)
"None of the other children had seen a real fish or gone fishing, but they had all read rainbow fish, and Mayra and Jose said it was their favorite book. ..."

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