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Definition of Genus gambusia
1. Noun. Mosquitofish.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Poeciliidae, Poeciliidae
Member holonyms: Gambusia Affinis, Mosquitofish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gambusia
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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