CYPRINIFORMES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cypriniformes mean? 

• CYPRINIFORMES (noun)
  The noun CYPRINIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi

  Familiarity information: CYPRINIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYPRINIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes

Hypernyms ("Cypriniformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Cypriniformes"):

cypriniform fish (a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes)

Cobitidae; family Cobitidae (loaches)

Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)

Electrophoridae; family Electrophoridae (small family comprising the electric eels)

Catostomidae; family Catostomidae (suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae)

Cyprinodontidae; family Cyprinodontidae (large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies)

family Poeciliidae; Poeciliidae (topminnows)

Characidae; family Characidae (tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America)

Holonyms ("Cypriniformes" is a member of...):

Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)