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topminnow
noun
top·min·now
ˈtäp-ˌmi-(ˌ)nō
: any of several live-bearers (family Poeciliidae) or killifish (family Cyprinodontidae)
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Tucked at the base of a ridge of ragged, jagged bare rock and fringed by cattails, Ayer Lake is home for the endangered desert pupfish and the Gila topminnow.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
An endangered fish, the Gila topminnow, returned to Tucson.
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Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2024
Just days before the Gila topminnow were reintroduced, nonnative mosquitofish appeared in the stream.
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Ian James, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2021
There were no native fish in the downtown stretch of the Santa Cruz until October, when Bogan witnessed the reintroduction of Gila topminnow.
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Ian James, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2021
Beneath its dull green surface teems a population of Atlantic killifish, a silvery topminnow that's common along the Eastern Seaboard.
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Wired, 23 Sep. 2019
Even a few dry days in Cienega Creek could be disastrous for wildlife like the topminnow.
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Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
This network of waters, at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, provides a home to scarce animals including the Gila topminnow, a sparkly-silver, inch-long fish, and Gila chub, which are larger and more rotund.
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Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
In its arguments, the group cites the whiteline topminnow, a species that used to live in Big Spring before the development in downtown Huntsville.
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Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 11 Apr. 2018
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First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above
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“Topminnow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topminnow. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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topminnow
noun
top·min·now
-ˌmin-ō
: any of several small surface-feeding fishes
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