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cyprinoid
[ sip-ruh-noid, si-prahy-noid ]
adjective
- resembling a carp; belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a group of fishes including the carps, suckers, and loaches.
noun
- a cyprinoid fish.
cyprinoid
/ ˈsɪprɪˌnɔɪd; sɪˈpraɪnɔɪd /
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
- of, relating to, or resembling the carp
noun
- any fish belonging to the Cyprinoidea
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cyprinoid1
1840–50; < Latin ī ( us ) (< Greek îԴDz carp) + -oid
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cyprinoid1
C19: from Latin īus carp
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Researches upon the cyprinoid fishes inhabitating the fresh waters of the United States of America, west of the Mississippi Valley, from specimens in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution.
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The temperature of the principal spring is 75°; it contains abundance of fish—a loach and cyprinoid.
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