单词 | king carp |
释义 | > as lemmasking carp king carp n. the common carp; spec. (in later use) the mirror carp. 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) > cyprinus carpio (carp) carpc1440 river carp1653 seizling1688 koi1727 looking-glass carp1811 king carp1874 mirror carp1879 scale carp1884 mirror1986 1874 S. F. Baird Rep. Commissioner U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries 1872–3 p. lxxvi, in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (42nd Congr., 3rd Sess.: Senate Misc. Doc. 74, Pt. 2) Among the estimable varieties of the true carp, Mr. Hessel specifies as the best the king-carp, or Cyprinus rex cyprinorum. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 7 Aug. 10/3 Yesterday a king carp was hooked. 1931 Austral. Zoologist 6 101 I obtained (under very similar circumstances to those previously mentioned) six very small specimens of the Mirror or King Carp. 2007 A. Little Catch Bigger Coarse Fish xii. 158 The king carp, which is the group descriptive name, comprises a number of different scale patterns. < as lemmas |
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