GAMBUSIA

Meaning of GAMBUSIA in English

[gam.bu.sia] n [NL, modif. of AmerSp gambusino gambusia] (ca. 1889): any of a genus (Gambusia) of live-bearers (family Poeciliidae) introduced as exterminators of mosquito larvae in warm fresh waters

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

GAMBUSIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, modification of American Spanish gambusino ~ Date: circa 1889 any of a genus ( Gambusia ) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GAMBUSIA — gamˈbyüzh(ē)ə noun Etymology: New Latin, modification of American Spanish (Cuban) gambusino gambusia 1. capitalized : a genus of topminnows (family …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAMBUSIA — /gam byooh"zheuh, -zhee euh, -zee euh/ , n. any fish of the genus Gambusia, comprising small livebearers that feed on …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GAMBUSIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, modification of American Spanish gambusino gambusia Date: circa 1889 : any of a genus ( Gambusia …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GAMBUSIA — зоол. гамбузия (североамериканская живородящая рыбка, питающаяся личинками малярийного комара)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GAMBUSIA — Pronunciation: gam- ' bü-zh( ē -) ə , - ' byü- Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, modification of American Spanish …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MOSQUITO FISH — noun Date: 1928 any of three North American live-bearers ( Gambusia affinis, G. holbrooki, and Heterandria formosa of the family …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOP-WATER MINNOW — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- noun : topminnow ; especially : a common mosquito fish ( Gambusia affinis )
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOPMINNOW — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: top (I) + minnow; from its swimming on the surface of the water 1. : any of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOSQUITO FISH — noun : any of numerous small fishes used to exterminate mosquito larvae ; especially : either of two No. American …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOSQUITOFISH — /meuh skee"toh fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) mosquitofish , ( esp. referring to two or more …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOSQUITO FISH — Date: 1928 : any of three North American live-bearers ( Gambusia affinis, G. holbrooki, and Heterandria formosa of the family …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOSQUITO FISH — [mosquito fish] n (1928): either of two No. American live-bearers (Gambusia affinis and Heterandria formosa of the family Poeciliidae) used …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOSQUITO FISH — (species Gambusia affinis), live-bearing topminnow of the family Poeciliidae (see live-bearer), native to freshwaters of the southeastern United States but …
Britannica English vocabulary
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOPMINNOW — ихт. 1) фундулюс (Fundulus) 2) гамбузия (Gambusia); гамбузия обыкновенная (Gambusia affinis) 3) pl гамбузиевые, пецилиевые (Poeciliidae) 4) pl карпозубые (Cyprinodontidae) • - banded topminnow - black-spotted topminnow - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MOSQUITO FISH — гамбузия (Gambusia affinis)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
GUAJACON — кубинская гамбузия (Gambusia punctata)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TOPMINNOW — ихт. 1) фундулюс ( Fundulus ) 2) гамбузия ( Gambusia ) ; гамбузия обыкновенная ( Gambusia affinis ) 3) pl …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MOSQUITO FISH — гамбузия ( Gambusia affinis )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
GUAJACON — кубинская гамбузия ( Gambusia punctata )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
КУБИНСКАЯ ГАМБУЗИЯ — (Gambusia punctata) guajacon
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
ГАМБУЗИЯ ОБЫКНОВЕННАЯ — ихт. (Gambusia affinis) topminnow
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
ГАМБУЗИЯ — 1) (Gambusia affinis) mosquito fish 2) ихт. (Gambusia) topminnow
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
ГАМБУЗИЯ — gambusia
Большой Русско-Английский словарь

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