killifish

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪ.li.fɪʃ/

The English word “killifish” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

Any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes order of ray-finned fish.

From killie (“killifish”, perhaps from kill (“channel, creek”)) or kill, + fish.

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