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swordtail

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sword·tail  (sôrdtl)
n.
A small, brightly colored, live-bearing freshwater fish (Xiphophorus helleri) of Central America, having a long tapering extension of the caudal fin in the male and popular in home aquariums.
swordtail [ˈsɔːdˌteɪl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several small freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, esp X. helleri, of Central America, having a long swordlike tail
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Noun1.swordtail - freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tailswordtail - freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish
helleri, Xyphophorus helleri, topminnow
cyprinodont - any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
genus Xyphophorus, Xyphophorus - swordtails
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