English Explanatory Dictionary

cyprinid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.
noun
  1. Any fish of this family.

Word forms

cyprinid cyprinids

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.

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