| 单词 | mosquito fish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmosquito fish mosquito fish n. any of various freshwater fishes which eat mosquito larvae and pupae; spec. either of two small relatives of the guppy (family Poeciliidae), Gambusia affinis, native to the eastern and southern United States (and introduced elsewhere for mosquito control), and Heterandria formosa, of the south-eastern United States. ΚΠ 1917 Philippine Jrnl. Sci. D 12 177 This species [sc. Gambusia affinis] is now known throughout the Orient as ‘mosquito fish’. 1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 159/1 The mosquito fish, Heterandria formosa, from Georgia and Florida, is the smallest live-bearing vertebrate known. 1960 H. S. Zim Guide to Everglades 40 Gambusia or mosquito-fish, named for its food, is an example of dozens of small fishes which are important links in the Everglades chain of life. 1992 Discover Feb. 9/2 Since the early 1900s, mosquito fish, guppylike natives of the southeastern United States, have been used world-wide to help control mosquito populations. < as lemmas |
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