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black carps

black carps is the plural of black carp.

Meaning of black carp

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

Questions about black carps

What is black carps the plural of?
Black carps is the plural of black carp.

Words near black carps in the dictionary

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  2. black carob
  3. black carp
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  10. Black Cathay
  11. Black Cathayan

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