RIVULUS

Meaning of RIVULUS in English

/riv"yeuh leuhs/ , n. , pl. rivulus .

any of several killifishes of the genus Rivulus, native to small streams of tropical America, often kept in aquariums.

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RIVULUS — -_ləs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, rivulet — more at rivulet : a large genus of brightly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIVULET — ˈrivyələ̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: modification (influenced by Latin rivulus rivulet) of Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, …
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RIVULARIA — ˌrivyəˈla(a)rēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin rivulus rivulet + New Latin -aria — more at rivulet : …
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RIVULET — /riv"yeuh lit/ , n. a small stream; streamlet; brook. [ 1580-90; earlier rivolet rivoletto, dim. of rivolo rivulus small stream …
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RIVULET — noun Etymology: Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, from Latin rivulus, diminutive of rivus stream — more at run Date: 1587 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIVULET — [riv.u.let] n [It rivoletto, dim. of rivolo, fr. L rivulus, dim. of rivus stream--more at run] (1587): a small stream
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KILLIFISH — also called egg-laying topminnow any of a few hundred species of usually elongated fishes of the family Cyprinodontidae (order Atheriniformes), …
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RIVULET — riv ‧ u ‧ let /ˈrɪvjələt, ˈrɪvjʊlət/ BrE AmE noun [countable] written [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
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