Swordtail

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small, brightly colored, live-bearing freshwater fish (Xiphophorus helleri) of Central America, having a long tapering extension of the caudal fin in the male and popular in home aquariums.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A species of freshwater fish, Xiphophorus hellerii
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The limulus.
  • n. Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A crustacean of the group Xiphosura, as the horseshoe- or king-crab. See cuts under horseshoe-crab and Limulus.
  • n. Any bug of the genus Uroxiphus, as U. caryæ, the walnut swordtail.
  • n. Same as sword-bearer .
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cyprinodont   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    green swordtail   
     
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