cyprinoid in English
adjective
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of or relating to cyprinoid fish.
Among the naturally occurring fresh water fish, cyprinoid fish are among the dominating species as they successfully breed and reproduce in natural water reservoirs, streams or rivers and are being caught daily.
noun
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a fish of a large group that includes the carps, suckers, and loaches, and (in some classification schemes) the characins.
Everywhere in fresh waters, except in Australia, species of little cyprinoids or characoids are the principal forage fishes on which larger predators feed.
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1. Buffalofish definition: any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples