CYPRINID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyprinid mean? 

• CYPRINID (noun)
  The noun CYPRINID has 1 sense:

1. soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

  Familiarity information: CYPRINID used as a noun is very rare.

• CYPRINID (adjective)
  The adjective CYPRINID has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae

  Familiarity information: CYPRINID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYPRINID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cyprinid; cyprinid fish

Hypernyms ("cyprinid" is a kind of...):

cypriniform fish (a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyprinid"):

carp (any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae)

tench; Tinca tinca (freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water)

dace; Leuciscus leuciscus (small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body)

chub; Leuciscus cephalus (European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body)

shiner (any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis)

roach; Rutilus rutilus (European freshwater food fish having a greenish back)

rudd; Scardinius erythrophthalmus (European freshwater fish resembling the roach)

minnow; Phoxinus phoxinus (very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams)

Gobio gobio; gudgeon (small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers)

Carassius auratus; goldfish (small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes)

Carassius carassius; Carassius vulgaris; crucian carp (European carp closely resembling wild goldfish)

Holonyms ("cyprinid" is a member of...):

Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)

Derivation:

cyprinid (of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae)

• CYPRINID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

cyprinid; cyprinoid

Pertainym:

Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)

Derivation:

cyprinid (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)