Associations to the word «Killifish»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

KILLIFISH, noun. Small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control.

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