Definition of Genus Gambusia

1. Noun. Mosquitofish.

Exact synonyms: Gambusia
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Poeciliidae, Poeciliidae
Member holonyms: Gambusia Affinis, Mosquitofish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gambusia

genus Gaillardia
genus Galago
genus Galax
genus Galega
genus Galeocerdo
genus Galeopsis
genus Galeorhinus
genus Galictis
genus Galium
genus Galleria
genus Gallinago
genus Gallinula
genus Gallirallus
genus Gallus
genus Gambelia
genus Gambusia (current term)
genus Garcinia
genus Gardenia
genus Garrulus
genus Gasterophilus
genus Gastroboletus
genus Gastrocybe
genus Gastrolobium
genus Gastrophryne
genus Gaultheria
genus Gavia
genus Gavialis
genus Gaylussacia
genus Gazania
genus Gazella

Literary usage of Genus Gambusia

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

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The genus Gambusia, the top-minnows, includes numerous species with dwarf males having the anal modified. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A subfamily of cyprinodont fishes, typified by the genus Gambusia. They have the dentary bones firmly united, the eyes normal, and the sexes diverse, ..."

3. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus GAMBUSIA Poey. Top Minnows. Very small viviparous fishes living in schools in fresh and brackish waters of United States, Mexico, Central America, ..."

4. Mosquitoes: How They Live; how They Carry Disease; how They are Classified by Leland Ossian Howard (1902)
"... Company of Delair, NJ, recommends the so-called top-minnows of the genus Gambusia, common in the brackish waters of the Chesapeake system and southward. ..."

5. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Genus GAMBUSIA Poey. Top Minnows. Very small viviparous fishes living in schools in fresh and brackish waters of United States, Mexico, Central America, ..."

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