CYPRINID

Meaning of CYPRINID in English

[ 'sɪprɪnɪd ]

■ noun Zoology a fish of the carp family (Cyprinidae).

Origin

C19: from mod. L. Cyprinidae based on Gk kuprinos 'carp'.

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CYPRINID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin cyprinus carp, from Greek kyprinos Date: 1861 any of a family (Cyprinidae) of soft-finned freshwater …
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CYPRINID — I. ˈsiprəˌnid; sə̇ˈprinə̇d, -rīn- adjective Etymology: New Latin Cyprinidae : of or belonging to Cyprinidae II. noun ( -s ) …
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CYPRINID — /si pruy"nid, sip"reuh-/ , n. 1. any fish belonging to the Cyprinidae, or minnow family. adj. 2. carplike in form …
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CYPRINID — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin cyprinus carp, from Greek kyprinos Date: 1861 : any of a family (Cyprinidae) of soft-finned …
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CYPRINID — [cyp.ri.nid] n [ultim. fr. L cyprinus carp, fr. Gk kyprinos] (ca. 1889): any of a family (Cyprinidae) of soft-finned freshwater …
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CYPRINID — Карповые
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CYPRINID — n. Pronunciation: ' si-pr ə -n ə d Function: noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin cyprinus carp, from Greek kyprinos Date: …
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TENCH — noun (plural ~ or ~es) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~e, from Late Latin tinca Date: 13th century a cyprinid …
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STONE ROLLER — noun Date: 1878 hog sucker , a common cyprinid fish ( Campostoma anomalum ) found especially in clear streams of …
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SQUAWFISH — noun Date: 1881 any of several large cyprinid fishes (genus Ptychocheilus ) of western North America
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RUDD — noun see: ~y Date: 1526 a freshwater Eurasian cyprinid fish ( Scardinius erythrophthalmus ) resembling the golden shiner
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ROACH
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REDBELLY DACE — noun Date: 1948 either of two small brightly marked North American cyprinid fishes ( Phoxinus eos and P. erythrogaster )
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RASBORA — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1931 any of a genus ( Rasbora ) of tiny brilliantly colored cyprinid freshwater fishes …
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MINNOW — noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: Middle English menawe; akin to Old English myne ~, Old High German munewa, a …
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GRASS CARP — noun Date: 1885 an herbivorous cyprinid fish ( Ctenopharyngodon idella ) of eastern Asia that has been introduced elsewhere to …
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GOLDFISH — noun Date: 1791 a small usually golden-orange Asian cyprinid fish ( Carassius auratus ) often kept as an aquarium and …
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GOLDEN SHINER — noun Date: circa 1889 a small common cyprinid fish ( Notemigonus crysoleucas ) of eastern North America having silvery sides …
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FALLFISH — noun Date: circa 1811 a common silvery cyprinid fish ( Semotilus corporalis ) of the streams of northeastern North America
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DANIO — noun (plural ~s) Etymology: New Latin, genus name Date: circa 1889 any of various small brightly colored Asian cyprinid fishes …
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DACE — noun (plural ~) Etymology: Middle English ~, darce, from Anglo-French dars, from Medieval Latin darsus Date: 15th century a small …
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CRUCIAN CARP — noun Etymology: modification of Low German karuse, from Middle Low German karusse, perhaps of Baltic origin; akin to Lithuanian karušis …
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CHUB — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English ~be Date: 15th century any of numerous freshwater cyprinid fishes (as of …
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CARP — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute Date: 14th century to find …
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BREAM — I. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English breme, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German …
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BARBEL — I. noun see: beard Date: 14th century a European freshwater cyprinid fish ( Barbus barbus ) with four ~s on …
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MINNOW — Small fishes, especially of the carp family (Cyprinidae), as well as some rockfish (family Umbridae) and The numerous species of …
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ROACH — I. ˈrōch noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English roche, from Old French, rock, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin rocca — …
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DANIO — ˈdānēˌō noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Danio, in older classifications, a genus of cyprinid fishes : any of …
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CARP — I. ˈkärp intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute Date: 14th century : …
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DACE — noun ( plural dace ) Etymology: Middle English dace, darce, from Anglo-French dars, from Medieval Latin darsus Date: 15th century …
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DACE — [dace] n, pl dace [ME dace, darce, fr. MF dars, fr. ML darsus] (15c) 1: a small freshwater European cyprinid …
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