GENUS XYPHOPHORUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Swordtails

Synonyms:

genus Xyphophorus; Xyphophorus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Xyphophorus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Xyphophorus"):

helleri; swordtail; topminnow; Xyphophorus helleri (freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish)

Holonyms ("genus Xyphophorus" is a member of...):

Cyprinodontidae; family Cyprinodontidae (large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies)