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cyprinid

cyp·ri·nid

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adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

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of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae

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soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

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By surface analysis, an appellativization from Cyprinid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin cyprin(us) (“type of carp”) + -id.

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