a. [ L. Cyprius, fr. Cyprus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, an island in the Mediterranean, renowned for the worship of Venus. ]
n.
a. [ Cf. Cypress. ] Of or pertaining to the cypress. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Cyprinoid. ] (Zool.) Cyprinoid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a natural family of fishes including the carp; tench; roach; rudd; and dace.
n. an order of fishes including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; kind of carp + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) One of the
n. a large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies.
a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a kind of carp + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like the carp (
n. the type genus of the family