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Asian carp

noun

Etymology

From Asian (relating to Asia) + carp (type of fish).

  1. derived from *karpo✻
  2. derived from carpa
  3. derived from carpe
  4. inherited from carpe — “the common carp (Cyprinus carpio)”
  5. formed as asian carp — “Asian + carp”

Definitions

  1. Any of various species of heavy-bodied cyprinid fish from East Asia.

    • Illinois took the initiative in renaming the Asian carp given the state’s position as a sort of “last stand” against the carp entering the Great Lakes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Asian carp. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA