CYPRINOID


Meaning of CYPRINOID in English

/sip"reuh noyd', si pruy"noyd/ , adj.

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

n.

2. a cyprinoid fish.

[ 1840-50; cyprin ( us ) ( kyprînos carp) + -OID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .