minnow vs cyprinid

minnow and cyprinid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minnow	Yes	No	No	No
cyprinid	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, cyprinid is a hypernym of minnow; that is, cyprinid is a word with a broader meaning than minnow:

minnow: very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
cyprinid: soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

Other hypernyms of minnow include cyprinid fish.

minnow (noun)	cyprinid (noun)
very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams	soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

minnow (adjective)	cyprinid (adjective)
	of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae