Usually means: Fish that give birth alive.
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  1. live-bearer: Merriam-Webster
  2. live-bearer, live-bearer: Collins English Dictionary
  3. live-bearer: Vocabulary.com
  4. live-bearer: Wordnik
  5. live-bearer: Dictionary.com
  6. live-bearer: Rhymezone
  7. live-bearer: FreeDictionary.org
  8. live-bearer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. live-bearer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from WordNet (live-bearer)

▸ noun:  small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control


Opposite:
egg-laying, oviparous, non-viviparous

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Opposite:
egg-laying, oviparous, non-viviparous




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