1. an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi; [syn: Cypriniformes, order Cypriniformes]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
order Cypriniformes
n 1: an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater
fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes
classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi [syn:
Cypriniformes, order Cypriniformes]