platypoecilus maculatus

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   small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish

   Synonymsplaty

   Broadertopminnow

   Part ofPlatypoecilus

Questions about platypoecilus maculatus

What does platypoecilus maculatus mean?

platypoecilus maculatus means "small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish".

What is another word for platypoecilus maculatus?

Close synonyms include platy. 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 platypoecilus maculatus a common word?

platypoecilus maculatus 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.