cyprinoid

[ sip-ruh-noid, si-prahy-noid ]

adjective

1. resembling a carp; belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a group of fishes including the carps, suckers, and loaches.

noun

1. a cyprinoid fish.

cyprinoid

/ ˈsɪprɪˌnɔɪd; sɪˈpraɪnɔɪd /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
2. of, relating to, or resembling the carp

noun

1. any fish belonging to the Cyprinoidea

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyprinoid¹

1840–50; < Latin cyprīn ( us ) (< Greek kyprînos carp) + -oid

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyprinoid¹

C19: from Latin cyprīnus carp

Example Sentences

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.

From Project Gutenberg

The temperature of the principal spring is 75°; it contains abundance of fish—a loach and cyprinoid. 

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