| NOUN | animal | order Cypriniformes, Cypriniformes | an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes |
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| Meaning | 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 | |
| Member of | Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii | An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays |
| Members | Catostomidae, family Catostomidae | suckers |
| 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 |
| Spanish | cipriniformes | |
| Catalan | Cipriniforme, cipriniformes, Cypriniformes | |
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