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Definition of Cyprinodontidae
1. Noun. Large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Cypriniformes, Order Cypriniformes
Member holonyms: Cyprinodont, Fundulus, Genus Fundulus, Genus Rivulus, Genus Jordanella, Jordanella, Genus Xyphophorus, Xyphophorus, Genus Lebistes, Lebistes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyprinodontidae
Literary usage of Cyprinodontidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The predominant family is that of the Cyprinodontidae, represented by 12 genera;
and the genus Heros ..."
2. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1897)
"In the very distinct family of the Cyprinodontidae—inhabitants of the fresh waters
of foreign lands—the sexes sometimes differ much in various characters. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1871)
"... and the brackish water family of the Cyprinodontidae, for two of which he
proposed the names, ..."
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