cyprinodont

cyprinodont
/si prin"euh dont', si pruy"neuh-/, n.
1. any small, soft-rayed fish of the order Cyprinodontes, of warm, fresh or brackish waters in North America, including the killifishes, topminnows, and guppies.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, or resembling the cyprinodonts.
[1855-60; < L cyprin(us) ( < Gk kyprînos carp) + -ODONT]

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