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.]

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