topminnow
noun
any of several small, surface-swimming fishes of the egg-laying family Cyprinodontidae and the live-bearing family Poeciliidae, some of which are used in mosquito control.
topminnows
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pluralof topminnow.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But sometime in the 1960s or 1970s, the Western mosquitofish was introduced in a misguided effort to control mosquitos — they eat mosquito larvae, but so do Barrens topminnows.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
Barrens topminnows are named for where they live — Tennessee’s Barrens Plateau, so called for the relative lack of trees.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
The trickle — little more than a few big mud puddles — was one of the last bodies of water left with a population of Barrens topminnows, and it was drying up.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
“If we hadn’t rescued these 64, this entire genetic population of Barrens topminnows would have disappeared,” Kuhajda said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
His concern includes the fate of endangered desert pupfish and Gila topminnows.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022
