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CYPRINODONT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any member of the family Cyprinodontidaeplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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