noun
soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
• Syn: ↑cyprinid
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.