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

Type of: animal order

Part of: Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii