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mosquitofish

mosquitofish noun: any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.

Noun

mosquitofish (plural mosquitofishes or mosquitofish)

  1. Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.

mosquitofish meaning in Tamil

mosquitofish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of mosquitofish

pluralmosquitofishes
pluralmosquitofish
alternative formmosquito fish

Origin of mosquitofish

From mosquito + fish.

Questions about mosquitofish

What does mosquitofish mean?
Mosquitofish means any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.
What is mosquitofish in Tamil?
Mosquitofish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Mosquitofish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mosquitofish?
Mosquitofish is a noun.
What is the plural of mosquitofish?
The plural of mosquitofish is mosquitofishes.

Words near mosquitofish in the dictionary

  1. mosquitocide
  2. mosquitocides
  3. mosquitoed
  4. mosquitoes
  5. mosquitoey
  6. mosquitofish
  7. mosquitofishes
  8. mosquitogenic
  9. mosquitohawk
  10. mosquitohawks
  11. mosquitoing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mosquitofish (page history and authors); mosquitofish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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