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cyprinid en · ADJ

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.

cyprinid en · NOUN

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. Any fish of this family.
    • Romanichthys, commonly known as the Romanian darter, is a very primitive cyprinid which has two dorsal fins and a covering of rough scales. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 122:

Forms

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Hypernyms

vertebrate · fish · organism · creature · animal

Translations (2)

fi särkikala (fish of the family Cyprinidae) · pl karpiowaty (fish of the family Cyprinidae)

wikidata: Q35047