A freshwater fish, Cyprinus carpio, the type of the family Cyprinidæ; introduced into England as early as the 14th cent., and commonly bred in ponds.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > cyprinus carpio (carp) (11) carpc1440 A freshwater fish, Cyprinus carpio, the type of the family Cyprinidæ; introduced into England as early as the 14th cent., and commonly bred in ponds. river carp1653 (a) the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, as occurring in rivers; cf. pond carp n. at pond, n. compounds 2; (b) U.S. any of several suckers of the genus… seizling1688 (See quot. 1688.) koi1727 A local name in Japan for the common carp, Cyprinus carpio. looking-glass carp1811 = mirror carp n. at mirror, n. compounds 2. king carp1874 the common carp; spec. (in later use) the mirror carp. mirror carp1879 an ornamental variety of the common carp, artificially bred, which has a series of enlarged scales along the middle of each side. scale carp1884 the common typical carp, Cyprinus carpio. mirror1986 Angling. Short for mirror carp n. at compounds 2. Subcategories:— kept for breeding (1) — wild (1) |
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