cyprinid

cyp·ri·nid  (spr-nd)

n.

Any of numerous often small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, which includes the minnows, carps, and shiners.

adj.

Of, relating to, or belonging to the family Cyprinidae.

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[From New Latin Cyprnidae, family name, from Cyprnus, type genus, from Latin cyprnus, carp, from Greek kuprnos.]

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cyprinid [sɪˈpraɪnɪd ˈsɪprɪnɪd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any teleost fish of the mainly freshwater family Cyprinidae, typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales and including such food and game fishes as the carp, tench, roach, rudd, and dace

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinidae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) resembling a carp; cyprinoid

[from New Latin Cyprīnidae, from Latin cyprīnus carp, from Greek kuprinos]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 Carassius carassius, Carassius vulgaris, crucian carp - European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
Adj.	1.	cyprinid - of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae cyprinoid