Definition of cyprinid Cyprinid
cy•pri•nid
We found 5 definitions of cyprinid from 3 different sources.
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What does cyprinid mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: cyprinids |
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| cyprinid - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales | ||
| cyprinid fish | ||
| cypriniform fish a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes | ||
| cyprinidae, family cyprinidae a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace | ||
| carp any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae | ||
| tench, tinca tinca freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water | ||
| dace, leuciscus leuciscus small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body | ||
| chub, leuciscus cephalus European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body | ||
| shiner any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis | ||
| rutilus rutilus, roach European freshwater food fish having a greenish back | ||
| rudd, scardinius erythrophthalmus European freshwater fish resembling the roach | ||
| minnow, phoxinus phoxinus very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams | ||
| gobio gobio, gudgeon small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers | ||
| carassius auratus, goldfish small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes | ||
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| cyprinid - of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae | ||
| cyprinoid | ||
| cyprinidae, family cyprinidae a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cyprinid (Noun)
Any fish of this family. - cyprinid (Adjective)
Of, pertaining to or characteristic of the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes carps and minnows.
Part of speech
🔤- cyprinid, noun, singular of cyprinids.
- cyprinid, adjective.
