Associations to the word «Gambusia»

Wiktionary

GAMBUSIA, noun. Any of several freshwater fish, of the genus Gambusia, that feed on the larva of mosquitos, and are used to control them.

Dictionary definition

GAMBUSIA, noun. Mosquitofish.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats