1. soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales; [syn: cyprinid, cyprinid fish]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae; [syn: cyprinid, cyprinoid]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cyprinid
adj 1: of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae [syn:
cyprinid, cyprinoid]
n 1: soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having
toothless jaws and cycloid scales [syn: cyprinid,
cyprinid fish]