| 单词 | grass carp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass carp grass carp n. [after Chinese cǎoyú (16th cent.; < cǎo grass + yú fish)] a large herbivorous carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, which is native to eastern Asia and farmed elsewhere, both as a food source and as a means of controlling aquatic weeds.Also called white amur. ΘΚΠ 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) > unspecified and miscellaneous types snot-fish1655 gilt char1673 vrac1673 carp1789 kurper1831 Prussian carp1836 grass carp1885 saddle carp1888 zebrafish1914 1885 D. J. MacGowan in Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 5 240 Some [Chinese minnows] fatten on grass, and are called ‘grass carp’. 1971 Nature 15 Jan. 154/1 The Asiatic grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, a gross browser on aquatic vegetation. 2002 Water Gardener July 76 Grass carp are also partial to grass clippings, but make sure the lawn is free from pesticides or weedkillers. < as lemmas |
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