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• noun (Context 1)

A small, live-bearing freshwater fish of the genus Gambusia (family Poeciliidae), native to the Americas and widely introduced into ponds and waterways globally to control mosquito populations by feeding on their larvae.

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"The local health department released gambusia into the abandoned pond to help prevent the spread of West Nile virus."

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gambusia

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