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black carp

black carp noun: mylopharyngodon piceus, a cyprinid fish native to East Asia, cultivated for food and traditional Chinese medicine.

black carp: mylopharyngodon piceus, a cyprinid fish native to East Asia, cultivated for food and traditional...
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Noun

black carp (plural black carps or black carp)

  1. Mylopharyngodon piceus, a cyprinid fish native to East Asia, cultivated for food and traditional Chinese medicine.
    • 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 342

black carp meaning in Tamil

black carp in Tamil

கருங்கெண்டை

Forms of black carp

pluralblack carps
pluralblack carp

Questions about black carp

What does black carp mean?
Black carp means mylopharyngodon piceus, a cyprinid fish native to East Asia, cultivated for food and traditional Chinese medicine.
What is black carp in Tamil?
Black carp in Tamil is கருங்கெண்டை. See Black carp meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is black carp?
Black carp is a noun.
What is the plural of black carp?
The plural of black carp is black carps.

Words near black carp in the dictionary

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  2. black card
  3. black cardamom
  4. black cards
  5. black carob
  6. black carp
  7. black carpet beetle
  8. black carpet beetles
  9. black carps
  10. black cars
  11. black cat

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