platyfish
English
Etymology
platy + fish
Noun
platyfish (plural platyfishes or platyfish)
- Certain fish of the genus Xiphophorus lacking a sword-like extension of the lower tailfin.
Hyponyms
- platy (Xiphophorus maculatus)
- variatus platy (Xiphophorus variatus)
- Monterrey platy (Xiphophorus couchianus)
- northern platy (Xiphophorus gordoni)
Coordinate terms
- (certain fish in Xiphophorus): swordtail
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