# poeciliid

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any fish in the family Poeciliidae.

## Etymology
From translingual Poecilia, from ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-colored, variegated”) + -id, after translingual Poeciliidae.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/poeciliid