white amur

noun

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

OriginRussian бе́лый аму́р →
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Meanings

nounwhite amur (plural white amurs)

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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
grass carp

Origin

  1. Russianбе́лый аму́р
  2. Englishwhite amur

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”).

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