cyprinid

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Adjective

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cyprinid (comparative more cyprinid, superlative most cyprinid)

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

Noun

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cyprinid (plural cyprinids)

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

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