noun
soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
• Syn: ↑cyprinid fish
• Hypernyms: ↑cypriniform fish
• Hyponyms:
↑carp, ↑tench, ↑Tinca tinca, ↑dace, ↑Leuciscus leuciscus, ↑chub, ↑Leuciscus cephalus, ↑shiner, ↑roach, ↑Rutilus rutilus, ↑rudd, ↑Scardinius erythrophthalmus, ↑minnow, ↑Phoxinus phoxinus, ↑gudgeon, ↑Gobio gobio, ↑goldfish, ↑Carassius auratus, ↑crucian carp, ↑Carassius carassius, ↑Carassius vulgaris
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cyprinidae, ↑family Cyprinidae
adjective
of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae
• Syn: ↑cyprinoid
• Pertains to noun: ↑Cyprinidae (for: ↑cyprinoid), ↑Cyprinidae
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cyprinid Ichth.(sɪˈpraɪnɪd)
[f. mod.L. Cyprīnidæ, the family of fresh-water fishes of which the carp, cyprīnus, is the type.]
A fish of the carp family. So cyˈpriniform a., carp-like in structure.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.