cyprinoid

American  

[sip-ruh-noid, si-prahy-noid] / ˈsɪp rəˌnɔɪd, sɪˈpraɪ nɔɪd /

adjective

1. resembling a carp; belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a group of fishes including the carps, suckers, and loaches.

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noun

1. a cyprinoid fish.

cyprinoid British  

/ ˈsɪprɪˌnɔɪd, sɪˈpraɪnɔɪd /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches

2. of, relating to, or resembling the carp

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noun

1. any fish belonging to the Cyprinoidea

Etymology

Origin of cyprinoid

1840–50; < Latin cyprīn ( us ) (< Greek kyprînos carp) + -oid

Example Sentences

Rhinichthys, rī-nik′this, n. a North American genus of cyprinoid fishes.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabitating the fresh waters of the United States of America, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution.

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

Rhodeina, rō-dē-ī′na, n. a group of cyprinoid fishes—its typical genus, Rhō′dēus.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various