white amur
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English
[edit]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)
- A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), the grass carp, native to Asia from Vietnam to the Amur River.
Further reading
[edit]- Grass carp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ctenopharyngodon idella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies