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Definition of Cyprinid
1. Noun. Soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales.
Generic synonyms: Cypriniform Fish
Group relationships: Cyprinidae, Family Cyprinidae
Specialized synonyms: Carp, Tench, Tinca Tinca, Dace, Leuciscus Leuciscus, Chub, Leuciscus Cephalus, Shiner, Roach, Rutilus Rutilus, Rudd, Scardinius Erythrophthalmus, Minnow, Phoxinus Phoxinus, Gobio Gobio, Gudgeon, Carassius Auratus, Goldfish, Carassius Carassius, Carassius Vulgaris, Crucian Carp
2. Adjective. Of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae.
Definition of Cyprinid
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes carps and minnows. ¹
2. Noun. Any fish of this family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cyprinid
1. a small freshwater fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyprinid
Literary usage of Cyprinid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fishes of Zanzibar by Robert Lambert Playfair, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"... Pangani, and Seychelles, no female was ever found at the two first-named
places, and no male at the last. Family cyprinid.E. LABEO, Cuv. 407. ..."
2. A History of British Mollusca and Their Shells by Edward Forbes, Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley (1853)
"cyprinid^. IN the arrangements of the older conchologists many shells were
associated with Venus which, though they bore a near resemblance to the true ..."
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