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

As night settles, a fisherman of silver cyprinid readies a lantern to be cast into the waters of Lake Victoria, in Kenya.

From New York Times

No. 1, by the way, is a European cyprinid, which Dr. Schaefer described as a relative of the carp minnow.

From New York Times

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

From BBC

Notropis amnis, a new cyprinid fish of the Mississippi fauna, with two subspecies.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg