cyprinid

American  

[si-prahy-nid, sip-ruh-] / sɪˈpraɪ nɪd, ˈsɪp rə- /

noun

1. any fish belonging to the Cyprinidae, or minnow family.

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adjective

1. carplike in form or structure.

cyprinid British  

/ ˈsɪprɪnɪd, sɪˈpraɪnɪd /

noun

1. any teleost fish of the mainly freshwater family Cyprinidae, typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales and including such food and game fishes as the carp, tench, roach, rudd, and dace

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinidae

2. resembling a carp; cyprinoid

Etymology

Origin of cyprinid

1890–95; < New Latin Cyprinidae name of family, equivalent to Cyprīn ( us ) genus name (< Latin < Greek kyprînos carp) + -idae -id ²

Example Sentences

A few minutes later, it is brought in: kilograms of silver cyprinid - the size of whitebait - glisten in the morning sun.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2014

Identification of Oxygeneum pulverulentum Forbes, from Illinois, as a hybrid cyprinid fish.

From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.

Mass hybridization between two genera of cyprinid fishes in the Mohave Desert, California.

From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Cross, Frank B.

Variation in the number of fin rays of two cyprinid fishes correlated with natural water temperatures.

From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Cross, Frank B.

Pharyngeal tooth replacement in Semotilus atromaculatus and Clinostomus elongatus, two species of cyprinid fishes.

From Five Natural Hybrid Combinations in Minnows (Cyprinidae) by Cross, Frank B.