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Definition of Killifishes
1. killifish [n] - See also: killifish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Killifishes
Literary usage of Killifishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"“ Of the killifishes two species, ... They are largely the prey of predaceous
fishes, and never approach to the numbers of the killifishes. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"Jordan and Herre discuss the herring-like fishes, and Jordan and Snyder the
killifishes. Jordan and Starks give a record of the fishes collected by Prof. ..."
3. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1908)
"... was used for some time by Dr. GG Scott, of the College of the City of New
York, in his studies respecting the regeneration of the fins of killifishes. ..."
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