noun
an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
• Syn: ↑order Cypriniformes
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Malacopterygii, ↑superorder Malacopterygii
• Member Meronyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.