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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 scalesplay

    Synonyms:

    cyprinid; cyprinid fish

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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 Cyprinidaeplay

    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)

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