cyprines

Noun (1)

cyprine (countable and uncountable, plural cyprines)

1. A variety of tourmaline that contains copper, which gives it a unique blue color, also called cuprian elbaite.
   • The fibrous copper-bearing variety cyprine was first observed by the author in 1905 in a small dump of unknown origin at the mouth of the Parker shaft.1935, Charles Palache, The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, page 95

Noun (2)

cyprine (plural cyprines)

1. A fish from the taxonomic family Cyprinidae.
   • The mountain streams and upper reaches of the rivers are rich in trout, grayling and salmon, while the rivers of the plains abound in cyprine fish such as minnows, carp, huck, etc.1966, Eugene Fodor, Yugoslavia, page 91

Noun (3)

cyprine (plural cyprines)

1. Vaginal secretions that result from sexual arousal.
   • Older women who no longer menstruate, excited by the younger women's caresses, secrete enough cyprine to paint their bodies.1977, Heresies - Volume 1, Issues 1-4, page 98

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