Definition of Cyprinid

1. Adjective. Of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae.

Exact synonyms: Cyprinoid
Partainyms: Cyprinidae, Cyprinidae

2. Noun. Soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales.

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

cypress
cypress family
cypress pine
cypress sedge
cypress spurge
cypress tree
cypress vine
cypress vines
cypresses
cyprians
cyprid
cyprides
cyprids
cyprine
cyprinid (current term)
cyprinid fish
cyprinidae
cyprinids
cypriniform
cypriniform fish
cypriniformes
cypriniforms
cyprinodont
cyprinodontiformes
cyprinodonts
cyprinoid
cyprinoids
cypripedia

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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