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CYPRINID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
Synonyms:
cyprinid; cyprinid fish
Classified under:
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae
Synonyms:
cyprinid; cyprinoid
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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)
