grass carp
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partial calque of Chinese 草魚 / 草鱼 (cǎoyú, literally “grass fish”).
Noun
[edit]grass carp (plural grass carp or grass carps)
- A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), native to eastern Asia.
Synonyms
[edit]- white amur (US)