Cyprinus

Noun

Meaning

type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

carpus genus Cyprinus

Hypernyms

fish genus

Phrases with the word

Carpiodes cyprinus Cyprinus rubrofuscus cyprinus gibelio

Examples

In Oregon's Columbia River Estuary, the most significant prey species were largescale suckers (Catostomus macrocheilus) (17.3% of the prey selected there), American shad (Alosa sapidissima; 13%) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio; 10.8%). Source: Internet

This is within 100 base pairs of other related species of fish, and it is notably only 18 pairs longer than the goldfish (Carassius auratus) and 21 longer than the carp (Cyprinus carpio). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cyprinodontine cyprinodontoid cyprinoid Cyprinus carpio cyprinus gibelio Cyprinus rubrofuscus