Definitions for cyprinids

cyprinids cy·pri·nid

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

Cyprinids is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in cyprinids (cdiinprsy).

Definitions for cyprinids

noun

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

adjective

  1. carplike in form or structure.

Origin of cyprinids

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

Examples for cyprinids

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.

The northern limits of distribution in Manitoba for cyprinid fishes.

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

Identification of cyprinid fish reported from Kansas as Squalius elongatus.

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

Word Value for cyprinids
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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