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cyprinodont

cyprinodont noun: any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.

cyprinodont: any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows
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Noun

cyprinodont (plural cyprinodonts)

  1. Any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.
    Synonyms:
    pupfish

Synonyms of cyprinodont

Forms of cyprinodont

pluralcyprinodonts

Origin of cyprinodont

Ancient Greek κυπρίνος (kuprínos, “carp”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).

Questions about cyprinodont

What does cyprinodont mean?
Cyprinodont means any of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows.
What part of speech is cyprinodont?
Cyprinodont is a noun.
What is the plural of cyprinodont?
The plural of cyprinodont is cyprinodonts.

Words near cyprinodont in the dictionary

  1. cyprines
  2. cyprinid
  3. cyprinids
  4. cypriniform
  5. cypriniforms
  6. cyprinodont
  7. cyprinodontid
  8. cyprinodontids
  9. cyprinodontiform
  10. cyprinodontiforms
  11. cyprinodontine

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