单词 | mirror carp |
释义 | > as lemmasmirror carp mirror carp n. an ornamental variety of the common carp, artificially bred, which has a series of enlarged scales along the middle of each side. 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 1879 S. F. Baird in Rep. Commissioner 1877 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) V. *43 On the 26th of May Mr. Hessel placed there 227 naked and mirror carp. 1911 Encycl. Brit. V. 382/2 Some most aberrant varieties have been fixed by artificial selection, the principal being the king-carp or mirror-carp. 1992 Pract. Fishkeeping Mar. 132/1 The mirror carp ancestry should give us a fish with an even row of bright blue scales either side of the dorsal fin. < as lemmas |
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