ciprínido

Definitions of ciprínido
  1. noun
    soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
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    carpa
    any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
    tenca
    freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
    cacho
    European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
    piscardo
    very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
    gobio
    small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
    pez de colores
    small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
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    cipriniforme
    a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
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