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CYPRINIDAE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Cyprinidae
Latin, plural
CONT

Cyprinidae (n. pl.): a large family (order Ostariophysi) of freshwater fishes (as the carps, barbels, tenches, breams, goldfishes, chubs, dace, shiners, and most of the freshwater minnows) that have a single dorsal fin, a somewhat protractile mouth destitute of teeth except for a few on the pharyngeal bones, the body nearly always covered with cycloid scales, and the air bladder large and divided into two parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cyprinidae
Latin, plural
DEF

Famille de poissons physostomes, vivant surtout en eau douce (ablette, barbeau, bouvière, brème, carassin, carpe, cyprin, gardon, goujon, ide, tanche, vairon, vandoise).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Cyprinidae
Latin, plural
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