white amur

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English[edit]

Grass carp (white amur)

Etymology[edit]

Partial calque of Russian бе́лый аму́р (bélyj amúr) for the same fish, as also sometimes black amur has been used for чёрный аму́р (čórnyj amúr, “Mylopharyngodon piceus”).

Noun[edit]

white amur (plural white amurs)

  1. A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), the grass carp, native to Asia from Vietnam to the Amur River.

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