order cypriniformes

1. 1.

   an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi

   SynonymsCypriniformes

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofMalacopterygii

Questions about order cypriniformes

What does order cypriniformes mean?

order cypriniformes means "an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi".

What is another word for order cypriniformes?

Close synonyms include Cypriniformes. 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 order cypriniformes a common word?

order cypriniformes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.