white amur

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English

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Grass carp (white amur)

Etymology

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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

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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.

Further reading

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