live-bearer

live-bearer

n (Zoology) a fish, esp a cyprinodont, that gives birth to living young

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live-bearer - small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito controlpoeciliid, poeciliid fish, topminnowcypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformesfamily Poeciliidae, Poeciliidae - topminnowsGambusia affinis, mosquitofish - silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito controlplaty, Platypoecilus maculatus - small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fishmollie, molly - popular aquarium fish