topminnow

topminnow
/top"min'oh/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) topminnow, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) topminnows.
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.
[1880-85, Amer.; TOP1 + MINNOW]

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