Ichth. [f. as mod.L. generic name Cyprinodon, from L. cyprīnus carp + Gr. ὀδοντ- tooth.]
A. sb. A malacopterygious fish of the family Cyprinodontidæ, of which the typical genus is Cyprinodon; they differ from the cyprinids in having the jaws more projecting and toothed.
1857. Agassiz, Nat. Hist. U. S., I. 48. Among fishes … the Cyprinodonts, the Chætodonts.
1887. C. C. Abbott, Waste-Land Wand., vi. 166. The many barred cyprinodont that throngs every stream from Maine to Florida.
B. adj. Of or belonging to this family.
Hence Cyprinodontid, -dontoid a., of or allied to the Cyprinodonts.
