Meanings
plural grass carps
- A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), native to eastern Asia.
The main fish species in freshwater ponds in China are silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp, common carp, crucian carp, black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella), etc. According to their live habitat, they can be divided relatively into pelagic and benthic fish.
2023 April 4, Shuang-Lin Dong, Xiang-Li Tian, Qin-Feng Gao, Yun-Wei Dong, Aquaculture Ecology, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 342Synonyms: white amur
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), native to eastern Asia.
Origin
- Chinese草魚 /草鱼
- Englishgrass carp
Partial calque of Chinese 草魚 /草鱼 (cǎoyú, literally “grass fish”).
More words from Chinese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 草魚 /草鱼
- 草魚 /草鱼 (cǎoyú)Ctenopharyngodon idella
Dutch graskarper
- graskarperCtenopharyngodon idella
French carpe de roseau
- carpe de roseauCtenopharyngodon idella
German Graskarpfen
- GraskarpfenCtenopharyngodon idella
Korean 초어
- 초어 (cho'eo)Ctenopharyngodon idella
Polish amur biały
- amur białyCtenopharyngodon idella
Portuguese carpa-capim
- carpa-capimCtenopharyngodon idella
Russian белый амур
- белый амур (belyj amur)Ctenopharyngodon idella
Vietnamese cá trắm cỏ
- cá trắm cỏCtenopharyngodon idella
Cite this entry
grass carp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grass%20carp
“grass carp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grass%20carp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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