cyprinid
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 8
Definition of cyprinid
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.
noun
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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.”
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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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