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Cyprinodontidae

noun

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

• Syn: ↑family Cyprinodontidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cypriniformes, ↑order Cypriniformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑cyprinodont, ↑Fundulus, ↑genus Fundulus, ↑genus Rivulus, ↑Jordanella, ↑genus Jordanella, ↑Xyphophorus, ↑genus Xyphophorus, ↑Lebistes, ↑genus Lebistes

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\\-ˈdäntəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Cyprinodont- Cyprinodon, type genus + -idae

: a large family (order Microcyprini) of small scaly-headed soft-finned fishes that feed on water plants and insects and include the typical killifishes of the northern hemisphere

Useful english dictionary. 2012.