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Definition of Cyprinus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Cyprinidae, Family Cyprinidae
Member holonyms: Cyprinus Carpio, Domestic 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 ..."