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kil⋅li⋅fish

[kil-ee-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
1. any of several small, oviparous cyprinodont fishes, esp. of the genus Fundulus, found in salt, brackish, and fresh waters.
2. any of several livebearers.
Also called killie.


Origin:
1805–15, Americanism; perh. kill 2 + -i- (unexplained) + fish
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kil·lie   (kĭl'ē)   
n.  A killifish.
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