English > order Cypriniformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | An order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi. |
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Synonym | Cypriniformes |
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Member of | Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii | An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays |
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Members | Catostomidae, family Catostomidae | suckers |
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Characidae, family Characidae | Tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America |
Cobitidae, family Cobitidae | loaches |
Cyprinidae, family Cyprinidae | A family of fish including |
Cyprinodontidae, family Cyprinodontidae | large family of small soft-finned fishes |
Electrophoridae, family Electrophoridae | small family comprising the electric eels |
Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae | topminnows |
cypriniform fish | A soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | cipriniformes |
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Catalan | Cipriniforme, cipriniformes, Cypriniformes |
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