cyprinid

1. 1.

   soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

   Synonymscyprinid fish

   Broadercypriniform fish

   Narrowercarptenchdacechubshinerroachruddminnowgudgeongoldfish

   Part ofCyprinidae

1. 1.

   of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae

   Synonymscyprinoid

Other forms of cyprinid

plural

cyprinids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cyprinid

What does cyprinid mean?

cyprinid means "soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cyprinid?

cyprinid has 3 syllables: cy-pri-nid. The stress falls on "cy".

What is another word for cyprinid?

Close synonyms include cyprinid fish, cyprinoid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cyprinid a common word?

cyprinid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.