grass carp

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 草魚／草鱼 (cǎoyú, literally “grass fish”).

Noun

grass carp (plural grass carp or grass carps)

  1. A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), native to eastern Asia.

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