"killifish" meaning in English

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      "derived": [
        {
          "taxonomic": "Empetrichthys merriami",
          "word": "Ash Meadows killifish"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Fundulus diaphanus",
          "word": "banded killifish"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Fundulus bermudae",
          "word": "Bermuda killifish"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Fundulus parvipinnis",
          "word": "California killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Nothobranchius kafuensis",
          "word": "caprivi killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Aplocheilus dayi",
          "word": "Ceylon killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Aplocheilus lineatus",
          "word": "golden wonder killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Fundulus grandis",
          "word": "Gulf killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Oryzias latipes",
          "word": "Japanese killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Heterandria formosa",
          "word": "least killifish"
        },
        {
          "word": "goldspotted killifish"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Kryptolebias marmoratus",
          "word": "mangrove killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Aphanius fasciatus",
          "word": "Mediterranean killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Lucania parva",
          "word": "rainwater killifish"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Empetrichthys latos concavus",
          "word": "Raycraft Ranch killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Chologaster cornuta",
          "word": "riceditch killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Aphanius asquamatus",
          "word": "scaleless killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Fundulus luciae",
          "word": "spotfin killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Nothobranchius orthonotus",
          "word": "spotted killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Fundulus majalis",
          "word": "striped killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Lamprichthys tanganicanus",
          "word": "Tanganyika killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Fundulus waccamensis",
          "word": "Waccamaw killifish"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Aplocheilus werneri",
          "word": "Werner's killifish"
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        "Any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontiformes order of ray-finned fish."
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          "sense": "tiny fish",
          "word": "Aplocheilidae"
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          "sense": "tiny fish",
          "word": "Cyprinodontidae"
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          "sense": "tiny fish",
          "word": "Fundulidae"
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          "sense": "tiny fish",
          "word": "Nothobranchiidae"
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          "sense": "tiny fish",
          "word": "Profundulidae"
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        {
          "sense": "tiny fish",
          "word": "Rivulidae"
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          "english": "families in Cyprinodontiformes with species called killifish",
          "sense": "tiny fish",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fish in the order Cyprinodontiformees",
          "word": "hammaskarppikala"
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          "sense": "fish in the order Cyprinodontiformees",
          "word": "fogasponty"
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  "word": "killifish"
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      "word": "Ash Meadows killifish"
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      "taxonomic": "Fundulus diaphanus",
      "word": "banded killifish"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Fundulus bermudae",
      "word": "Bermuda killifish"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Fundulus parvipinnis",
      "word": "California killifish"
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      "taxonomic": "Nothobranchius kafuensis",
      "word": "caprivi killifish"
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      "taxonomic": "Aplocheilus dayi",
      "word": "Ceylon killifish"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Aplocheilus lineatus",
      "word": "golden wonder killifish"
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      "taxonomic": "Fundulus grandis",
      "word": "Gulf killifish"
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      "taxonomic": "Oryzias latipes",
      "word": "Japanese killifish"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Heterandria formosa",
      "word": "least killifish"
    },
    {
      "word": "goldspotted killifish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Kryptolebias marmoratus",
      "word": "mangrove killifish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Aphanius fasciatus",
      "word": "Mediterranean killifish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Lucania parva",
      "word": "rainwater killifish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Empetrichthys latos concavus",
      "word": "Raycraft Ranch killifish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Chologaster cornuta",
      "word": "riceditch killifish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Aphanius asquamatus",
      "word": "scaleless killifish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Fundulus luciae",
      "word": "spotfin killifish"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Nothobranchius orthonotus",
      "word": "spotted killifish"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Fundulus majalis",
      "word": "striped killifish"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Lamprichthys tanganicanus",
      "word": "Tanganyika killifish"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Fundulus waccamensis",
      "word": "Waccamaw killifish"
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      "taxonomic": "Aplocheilus werneri",
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      "word": "hammaskarppikala"
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      "sense": "fish in the order Cyprinodontiformees",
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  "word": "killifish"
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