cyprinid

cyprinid

English

Adjective

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

cyprinid (plural cyprinids)

1. Any fish of this family.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin 2019, p. 122:

     Romanichthys, commonly known as the Romanian darter, is a very primitive cyprinid which has two dorsal fins and a covering of rough scales.

Translations

fish of the family Cyprinidae

Finnish: särkikala (fi)