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Definition of Cyprinodont
1. Noun. Any member of the family Cyprinodontidae.
Group relationships: Cyprinodontidae, Family Cyprinodontidae
Specialized synonyms: Killifish, Helleri, Swordtail, Topminnow, Xyphophorus Helleri, Guppy, Lebistes Reticulatus, Rainbow Fish
Definition of Cyprinodont
1. n. One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow.
Definition of Cyprinodont
1. Noun. (zoology) Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyprinodont
Literary usage of Cyprinodont
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Eugene Willis Gudger, American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Wilbur Henn (1917)
"... a remarkable new cyprinodont fish from Johore. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1913, 8.
ser. 12, 548-555. 4 figs. ... A revision of the cyprinodont fishes of the ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A genus of cyprinodont fishes, containing such ovoviviparous killifishes as G.pa-
... A subfamily of cyprinodont fishes, typified by the genus Gambusia. ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1893)
"Especial mention of a little cyprinodont fish was made. This fish is found commonly
all through Trinidad, and feeds upon mosquito larvae. ..."
4. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1906)
"Although the general aspect of the fish resembles that of a cyprinodont, it is
generally •admitted (Peters, I. c. pp. 198 and 200; Giinther, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1906)
"... a cyprinodont, and a Polypterus. The latter belongs to a species otherwise
restricted to the Congo, and of the four ..."
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