CYPRINODONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cyprinodontidae mean? 

• CYPRINODONTIDAE (noun)
  The noun CYPRINODONTIDAE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CYPRINODONTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYPRINODONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cyprinodontidae; family Cyprinodontidae

Hypernyms ("Cyprinodontidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Cyprinodontidae"):

cyprinodont (any member of the family Cyprinodontidae)

Fundulus; genus Fundulus; genus Rivulus (killifish)

genus Jordanella; Jordanella (flagfishes)

genus Xyphophorus; Xyphophorus (swordtails)

genus Lebistes; Lebistes (guppies)

Holonyms ("Cyprinodontidae" is a member of...):

Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)