microcyprini

microcyprini
\\ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷sə̇ˈprīˌnī, -rēˌnī\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from micr- + Latin cyprini, plural of cyprinus carp — more at cyprinus
: an order or other division of small teleost fishes resembling but somewhat more advanced than the Haplomi and including the killifishes and topminnows and various related families of chiefly freshwater and brackish-water fishes

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