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Webster 1913 Edition

Killifish

Kil′li-fishˊ

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus

Fundulus

and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also

minnow

, and

brook fish

. See

.

Definition 2024

killifish

killifish

English

Noun

killifish ‎(plural killifishes or killifish)

Any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes order of ray-finned fish.

Hyponyms

(tiny fish): Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Nothobranchiidae, Profundulidae, Rivulidae, Valenciidae - families in Cyprinodontiformes with species called killifish

Derived terms

terms derived from killifish