grass carp en · NOUN
Etymology
Partial calque of Chinese 草魚 /草鱼 (cǎoyú, literally “grass fish”).
Meanings
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A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), native to eastern Asia.
The main fish species in freshwater ponds in China are silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp, common carp, crucian carp, black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella), etc. According to their live habitat, they can be divided relatively into pelagic and benthic fish.
2023 April 4, Shuang-Lin Dong, Xiang-Li Tian, Qin-Feng Gao, Yun-Wei Dong, Aquaculture Ecology, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 342:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grass carps | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| grass carp | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (10)
vi cá trắm cỏ (Ctenopharyngodon idella) · cmn 草魚 /草鱼 (Ctenopharyngodon idella) · nl graskarper (Ctenopharyngodon idella) · pl amur biały (Ctenopharyngodon idella) · de Graskarpfen (Ctenopharyngodon idella) · fr carpe de roseau (Ctenopharyngodon idella) · pt carpa-capim (Ctenopharyngodon idella) · ru белый амур (Ctenopharyngodon idella) · za byavanx (Ctenopharyngodon idella) · ko 초어 (Ctenopharyngodon idella)