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cyprinid

cyprinid adjective: of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.

Adjective

cyprinid (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.

Noun

cyprinid (plural cyprinids)

  1. Any fish of this family.
    • Romanichthys, commonly known as the Romanian darter, is a very primitive cyprinid which has two dorsal fins and a covering of rough scales.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 122

Forms of cyprinid

pluralcyprinids

Origin of cyprinid

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Cyprinid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin cyprin(us) (“type of carp”) + -id.

Questions about cyprinid

What does cyprinid mean?
Cyprinid means of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.
What part of speech is cyprinid?
Cyprinid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cyprinid in the dictionary

  1. cypridoids
  2. cypridophobia
  3. cyprids
  4. cyprine
  5. cyprines
  6. cyprinid
  7. cyprinids
  8. cypriniform
  9. cypriniforms
  10. cyprinodont
  11. cyprinodontid

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