"grass carp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grass carp [plural], grass carps [plural]
Etymology: Partial calque of Chinese 草魚 /草鱼 (cǎoyú, literally “grass fish”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:pcal|zh:草魚}}, {{pcal|en|zh|草魚|lit=grass fish}} Partial calque of Chinese 草魚 /草鱼 (cǎoyú, literally “grass fish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|*|s}} grass carp (plural grass carp or grass carps)
  1. A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), native to eastern Asia. Synonyms: white amur [US] Translations (Ctenopharyngodon idella): 草魚 /草鱼 (cǎoyú) (Chinese Mandarin), graskarper [masculine] (Dutch), carpe de roseau [feminine] (French), Graskarpfen [masculine] (German), 초어 (cho'eo) (alt: 草魚) (Korean), amur biały [masculine] (Polish), carpa-capim [feminine] (Portuguese), белый амур (belyj amur) [masculine] (Russian), cá trắm cỏ (Vietnamese), byavanx (Zhuang)

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