| Noun | 1. | family Cyprinidae - a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; daceCypriniformes, order Cypriniformes - an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi cyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales carp - any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae | |