gambusian.

Brit.

/ɡamˈbjuːzɪə/, U.S.

/ɡæmˈb(j)uʒ(i)ə/,

/ɡæmˈb(j)uziə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Gambusia.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Gambusia, genus name ( F. Poey Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba (1851) I. 382), apparently < gambus- (in Cuban Spanish gambusino nothing, of uncertain origin) + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹; the semantic motivation for the name is unclear: Poey cites the idiom pescar gambusinos to go fishing without catching anything, to chase after the impossible.

Any of numerous small live-bearing fishes of the genus Gambusia (family Poeciliidae), native to mangrove creeks and brackish waters in southern North America; esp. the mosquito fish, G. affinis. Also (in form Gambusia): the genus itself. Gambusia affinis has been introduced in various parts of the world as a means of controlling mosquitos, and is now considered to be an invasive species in many of these locations. Some species of Gambusia are kept as aquarium fish.

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gambusia1858

top minnow1884

pussel-gut1930

1858 F. Poey in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N.Y. 6 133 This obliged me to establish the genera Gambusia, Girardinus, and Limia, described in the above ‘Memorias’.

1890 Amer. Naturalist 24 422 (caption) Magnified view of the caudal skeleton of a young Cyprinodont, Gambusia.

1933 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Apr. 5/6 Some 200,000 of the American top-feeding minnow species Gambusia were dumped into some of the ponds.

1979 Maclean's 25 June 16/3 Alas, the gambusia can't hack Manitoba winters, unlike the fathead.

2002 R. H. Wauer & C. M. Fleming Naturalist's Big Bend (rev. ed.) x. 114 These endemic Gambusias were safe for the time being.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gambusia
释义	gambusian. Brit. /ɡamˈbjuːzɪə/, U.S. /ɡæmˈb(j)uʒ(i)ə/, /ɡæmˈb(j)uziə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Gambusia. Etymology: < scientific Latin Gambusia, genus name ( F. Poey Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba (1851) I. 382), apparently < gambus- (in Cuban Spanish gambusino nothing, of uncertain origin) + scientific Latin -ia -ia suffix¹; the semantic motivation for the name is unclear: Poey cites the idiom pescar gambusinos to go fishing without catching anything, to chase after the impossible. Any of numerous small live-bearing fishes of the genus Gambusia (family Poeciliidae), native to mangrove creeks and brackish waters in southern North America; esp. the mosquito fish, G. affinis. Also (in form Gambusia): the genus itself. Gambusia affinis has been introduced in various parts of the world as a means of controlling mosquitos, and is now considered to be an invasive species in many of these locations. Some species of Gambusia are kept as aquarium fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Cyprinodontidae > member of genus Gambusia gambusia1858 top minnow1884 pussel-gut1930 1858 F. Poey in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N.Y. 6 133 This obliged me to establish the genera Gambusia, Girardinus, and Limia, described in the above ‘Memorias’. 1890 Amer. Naturalist 24 422 (caption) Magnified view of the caudal skeleton of a young Cyprinodont, Gambusia. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Apr. 5/6 Some 200,000 of the American top-feeding minnow species Gambusia were dumped into some of the ponds. 1979 Maclean's 25 June 16/3 Alas, the gambusia can't hack Manitoba winters, unlike the fathead. 2002 R. H. Wauer & C. M. Fleming Naturalist's Big Bend (rev. ed.) x. 114 These endemic Gambusias were safe for the time being. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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