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Definition of Cyprinus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyprinus

Literary usage of Cyprinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1868)
"Hist. An. iv. c. 8; ii. c. 13; vi. c. 14; viii. c. 20. Cyprinus ... To him, all his species of Cyprinus were equivalents; and those fanciful and sometimes ..."

2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"Cyprinus carpio. The German Carp. Body robust, compressed, heavy ... THE GERMAN CARP (Cyprinus carpio) The carp was described and named by Linnaeus in 1758. ..."

3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"Cyprinus carpio. The German Carp. Body robust, compressed, heavy ... THE GERMAN CARP (Cyprinus carpio) The carp was described and named by Linnaeus in 1758. ..."

4. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"Cyprinus carpio. The German Carp. Body robust, compressed, heavy ... THE GERMAN CARP (Cyprinus carpio) The carp was described and named by Linnaeus in 1758. ..."

5. The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1833)
"... and thank me for it; for you will run on the ground without tangling. MINNOW— Cyprinus Phoxinus. —£/.vv£r-.>. Now for the Minnow, or Penk: he is ..."

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