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order Cypriniformes, n.

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

semantic pointers

hypernym

animal order

member holonym

Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii

member meronym

cypriniform fish Cobitidae, family Cobitidae Cyprinidae, family Cyprinidae Electrophoridae, family Electrophoridae Catostomidae, family Catostomidae Cyprinodontidae, family Cyprinodontidae Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae Characidae, family Characidae