English > cyprinid: 2 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales. |
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| Synonym | cyprinid fish |
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| Member of | Cyprinidae, family Cyprinidae | A family of fish including |
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| Narrower | carp | Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae |
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| chub, Leuciscus cephalus | European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body |
| crucian carp, Carassius carassius, Carassius vulgaris | European carp closely resembling wild goldfish |
| dace, Leuciscus leuciscus | small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body |
| goldfish, Carassius auratus | small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes |
| gudgeon, Gobio gobio | small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers |
| minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus | Very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams |
| roach, Rutilus rutilus | European freshwater food fish having a greenish back |
| rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus | European freshwater fish resembling the roach |
| shiner | Any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis |
| tench, Tinca tinca | Freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water |
| Broader | cypriniform fish | A soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes |
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| Spanish | ciprínido |
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| Catalan | ciprínid |
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| Adjectives | cyprinid | of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae |
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