Associations to the word «Topminnow»

Wiktionary

TOPMINNOW, noun. Any of the ray-finned fish in the taxonomic family Fundulidae.

Dictionary definition

TOPMINNOW, noun. Small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control.
TOPMINNOW, noun. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope