cyprinodont

cy·prin·o·dont

C0841400 (sĭ-prĭn′ə-dŏnt′, -prī′nə-)n. Any of various small fishes of the family Cyprinodontidae, which includes the pupfishes and formerly included the killifishes and topminnows.

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[Latin cyprīnus, carp (from Greek kuprīnos; see cyprinid) + -odont.]

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cy·prin′o·dont′ adj.

cyprinodont

(sɪˈprɪnəˌdɒnt; sɪˈpraɪ-) n (Animals) any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. The group includes the guppy, killifish, swordtail, and topminnowadj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinodontidae[C19: from Latin cyprīnus carp (see cyprinid) + -odont]

cy•prin•o•dont

(sɪˈprɪn əˌdɒnt)

n. any of the small, soft-rayed freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinodontidae, including the killifishes, topminnows, and guppies. [1855–60; < New Latin Cyprinodontidae]

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cyprinodont - any member of the family Cyprinodontidaecypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order CypriniformesCyprinodontidae, family Cyprinodontidae - large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppieskillifish - small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito controlhelleri, swordtail, Xyphophorus helleri, topminnow - freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fishguppy, Lebistes reticulatus, rainbow fish - small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums