Definitions for cyprinid

cyprinid cy·pri·nid

Spelling: [si-prahy-nid, sip-ruh-]
IPA: /sɪˈpraɪ nɪd, ˈsɪp rə-/

Cyprinid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in cyprinid (cdiinpry).

Definitions for cyprinid

noun

  1. any fish belonging to the Cyprinidae, or minnow family.

adjective

  1. carplike in form or structure.

Origin of cyprinid

1890-95; New Latin Cyprinidae name of family, equivalent to Cyprīn(us) genus name (Latin Greek kyprînos carp) + -idae -id2

Examples for cyprinid

The northern limits of distribution in Manitoba for cyprinid fishes.

These worms are found abundantly in the gills of the cyprinid, or white fishes.

They are closely allied to the cyprinid, but the shell is round rather than oval, and is obliquely grooved inside.

Mass hybridization between two genera of cyprinid fishes in the Mohave Desert, California.

Variation in the number of fin rays of two cyprinid fishes correlated with natural water temperatures.

It is to the interesting family of cyprinid we are to look for our chief supplies.

Pharyngeal tooth replacement in Semotilus atromaculatus and Clinostomus elongatus, two species of cyprinid fishes.

Identification of cyprinid fish reported from Kansas as Squalius elongatus.

Word Value for cyprinid
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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