cyprinodont
English edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek κυπρίνος (kuprínos, “carp”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).
Noun edit
cyprinodont (plural cyprinodonts)
- (zoology) Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.
- Synonym: pupfish
Further reading edit
- “cyprinodont”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “cyprinodont”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.