livebearer

[lahyv-bair-er]

noun

1. any viviparous fish of the family Poeciliidae, often kept in home aquariums.

Other Word Forms

• livebearing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of livebearer¹

First recorded in 1930–35; live ² + bearer

Example Sentences

In a study funded by the National Science Foundation and the American Livebearer Association, Rosenthal and his team found that male swordtail fish strategically release pheromone-packed urine in the presence of females as a display of courtship, indicating that they have evolved a temporal and spatial control of their pheromone release.

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