Meaning of "cyprinodont" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CYPRINODONT

From Latin cyprīnus carp (see cyprinid) + -odont.

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PRONUNCIATION OF CYPRINODONT

cyprinodont  [sɪˈprɪnəˌdɒnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CYPRINODONT

Cyprinodont can act as a noun and an adjective.

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WHAT DOES CYPRINODONT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pupfish

Pupfish are a group of small killifish belonging to ten genera of the family Cyprinodontidae of ray-finned fish. Pupfish are especially noted for being found in extreme and isolated situations. They are primarily found in North America, South America, and the Caribbean region, but Aphanius are from southwestern Asia, northern Africa and southern Europe. As of August 2006 there were 120 known nominal species, and 9 subspecies. The common name is said to derive from the mating habits of the males, whose activities vaguely resemble puppies at play. In spite of their name, the cyprinodonts are not closely related to the Cyprinidae, or carp family. They were formerly considered near allies of the pikes and their relatives, as they share some features: a flat head with protractile mouth beset with cardiform, villiform, or compressed, bi- or tri-cuspid teeth, generally large scales, and the absence of a well-developed lateral line. However, they are now generally assigned to the order Cyprinodontiformes. Most pupfish are inhabitants of the fresh and brackish waters. Several forms occur in the Oligocene and Miocene beds of Europe.

Definition of cyprinodont in the English dictionary

The definition of cyprinodont in the dictionary is any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. The group includes the guppy, killifish, swordtail, and topminnow. Other definition of cyprinodont is of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinodontidae.

TRANSLATION OF CYPRINODONT

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CYPRINODONT»

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The Primary Groups of Oviparous Cyprinodont Fishes

The tribe is wholly North and Central American, except for Valencia, with its two species from Spain and Corfu. Whether or not Prolebias of the Oligocene and Miocene of Europe is near to Valencia I cannot at present determine, having no ...

The Pathology of Fishes: Proceedings of a Symposium

I. An ovarian teratoma in the viviparous cyprinodont Lebistes reticulatus Peters. Proc. K. ned. Akad. Wet. (C)56: 28- 33. Stolk, A. 1953b. Tumours of fishes. II. Chromophobe adenoma of the pituitary gland in the viviparous cyprinodont Lebistes ...

William E. Ribelin, George Migaki, 1975

Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America

A revision of the cyprinodont fishes of the subfamily Poeciliinae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (4): 977- 1018, pis. 99-101. Regan, CT. 1913b. The fishes of the San Juan River, Colombia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 8), 12 (71): ...

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Systematics, Historical Ecology, and North American ...

An annotated list of the American cyprinodontid fishes of the genus Fundulus with the description of Fundulus persimilis from Yucatan. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 568:1-25. Miller, R. R. 1956. A new genus and species of cyprinodont ...

Richard L. Mayden, 1992

Tropical Fishlopaedia: A Complete Guide to Fish Care

Guppy (male) Poecilia reticulata Family Poeciliidae (Cyprinodont). Black lyretail molly (female) Poecilia sphenops Family Poeciliidae (Cyprinodont). Red swordtail (male) Xiphophorus sp. Family Poeciliidae (Cyprinodont). Chocolate molly ...

Mary Bailey, 1999

Fish Morphology

12. Cephalic. Sensory. Canal. System. of. Some. Cyprinodont. Fishes. in. Relation. to. their. Habitat. P.K.. Ray. and. N.C.. Datta. Fishes and aquatic amphibians are characterized by a unique surface receptor system, the lateral line system ...

Hiran M. Dutta, J.S. Datta-Mushi, 1996

Life-Span Extension: Single-Cell Organisms to Man

Longitudinal and cross-sectional observations of growth and body composition with age in laboratory populations of the male annual cyprinodont fish, Nothobranchius guentheri. Exp Gerontol 11:171–7. 15. Markofsky J, Milstoc M. 1979a.

Christian Sell, Antonello Lorenzini, Holly M. Brown-Borg, 2009

Karyology of Four Species of Cyprinodont Fishes from the ...

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Lynn Anne Sharpnack, 1979

Groveling in the Mangroves: 16 Years in Pursuit of the ...

The cyprinodont fish Rivulus marmoratus is strongly affiliated with the red mangrove Rhizophora mangle and distributed throughout he tropical western Atlantic including the Belize Cays.

David Scott Taylor, Wiliam P. Davis, Bruce J. Turner, 2004

Fish Reproduction

Histo-endocrinological analysis of gestation phenomena in the cyprinodont Lebistes reticulates Peters. IV. The oocyte-cycle during pregnancy. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, C 54: 574-578. Stolk ...

Maria J Rocha, Augustine Arukwe, B.G. Kapoor, 2008

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CYPRINODONT»

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A guppy is a freshwater viviparous cyprinodont fish – and it is, unlike Freud, harmless. Oberoi's pride. After the terrorist attack on the Oberoi ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 13»

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A guppy is a brightly coloured freshwater viviparous cyprinodont fish — and it is, unlike Freud, quite harmless. Maureen Lipman plays a waiting ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 11»