carp : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See Branchiura.

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• (Zoöl.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers.

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• (Zoöl.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; called also quillback.

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• noun European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
  Carassius carassius; Carassius vulgaris.
  

WordNet

Cru"cian carp`

Etymology

Cf. Sw. karussa, G. karausche, F. carousse, -assin, corassin, LL. coracinus, Gr. a sort of fish.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp. ✍ The gibel or Prussian carp is now generally considered a variety of the crucian carp, or perhaps a hybrid between it and the common carp.

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• noun large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest
  Cyprinus carpio.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the crucian carp.

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• noun scaleless domestic carp
  

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• (Zoöl.) , a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp.

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• noun domestic carp with some large shining scales
  

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• (Zoöl.), a domesticated variety of the carp, having only three or fur rows of very large scales side.

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• (Zoöl.) See Gibel.

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• (Zoöl.), a carp having normal scales.

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• (Zoöl.), the telescope fish.

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