Definition of Cyprinodontidae

1. Noun. Large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyprinodontidae

Cyon's nerve
Cyperaceae
Cyperus
Cyperus alternifolius
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus longus
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus rotundus
Cyphomandra
Cypraea
Cypraea moneta
Cypraea tigris
Cypraeidae
Cyprians
Cyprinodontidae
Cyprinus
Cyprinus carpio
Cypriot
Cypriot Arabic
Cypriot monetary unit
Cypriot pound
Cypriote
Cypriots
Cypripedium
Cypripedium acaule
Cypripedium album
Cypripedium arietinum
Cypripedium calceolus
Cypripedium calceolus pubescens

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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