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adj
Of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Any fish of this family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
adjective
of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cyprinoid
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noun
soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cyprinid fish
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Broader terms: cypriniform fish
Narrower terms: carp, tench, Tinca tinca, dace, Leuciscus leuciscus, chub, Leuciscus cephalus, shiner, roach, Rutilus rutilus, rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus, gudgeon, Gobio gobio, goldfish, Carassius auratus, crucian carp, Carassius carassius, Carassius vulgaris
History
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.
Across languages
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