white amur

English

Grass carp (white amur)

Etymology

Named for the Amur river basin.

Noun

white amur (plural white amurs)

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

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