cyprinid means of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.
Etymology
By surface analysis, an appellativization from Cyprinid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin cyprin(us) (“type of carp”) + -id.
adj
- Of, pertaining to, or being the Cyprinidae family of fish that includes barbs, carps, and minnows.
noun
- Any fish of this family.“Romanichthys, commonly known as the Romanian darter, is a very primitive cyprinid which has two dorsal fins and a covering of rough scales.”