gambusia affinis

1. 1.

   silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control

   Synonymsmosquitofish

   Broadertopminnow

   Part ofGambusia

Questions about gambusia affinis

What does gambusia affinis mean?

gambusia affinis means "silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control".

What is another word for gambusia affinis?

Close synonyms include mosquitofish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gambusia affinis a common word?

gambusia affinis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.