cyprinoid

cyprinoid
/sip"reuh noyd', si pruy"noyd/, adj.
1. resembling a carp; belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a group of fishes including the carps, suckers, and loaches.
n.
2. a cyprinoid fish.
[1840-50; < L cyprin(us) ( < Gk kyprînos carp) + -OID]

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