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CYPRINODONT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cyprinodont" is a kind of...):
cypriniform fish (a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyprinodont"):
killifish (small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control)
helleri; swordtail; topminnow; Xyphophorus helleri (freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish)
guppy; Lebistes reticulatus; rainbow fish (small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums)
Holonyms ("cyprinodont" is a member of...):
Cyprinodontidae; family Cyprinodontidae (large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies)