GAMBUSIA


Meaning of GAMBUSIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ gam-ˈbü-zh(ē-)ə, -ˈbyü- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, modification of American Spanish gambusino gambusia

Date: circa 1889

: any of a genus ( Gambusia ) of live-bearers (family Poeciliidae) including some introduced as exterminators of mosquito larvae in warm freshwaters — compare mosquito fish

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