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invasive carps

invasive carps is the plural of invasive carp.

Meaning of invasive carp

Noun

invasive carp (plural invasive carp or invasive carps)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see invasive, carp.
  2. (US, euphemistic) Asian carp.
    • Minnesota’s governor recently signed a new bill into law that renames the “Asian carp” because the Asian community might find it offensive. / CBS reported that the bill, passed by the Senate in April and signed by the governor in late May, came about “in response to concern by some people that the...2014 June 23, Cheryl K. Chumley, “Minnesota renames the ‘Asian carp’ to avoid hurting Asians’ feelings”, in The Washington Times

Questions about invasive carps

What is invasive carps the plural of?
Invasive carps is the plural of invasive carp.

Words near invasive carps in the dictionary

  1. invasionists
  2. invasions
  3. invasions of privacy
  4. invasive
  5. invasive carp
  6. invasive carps
  7. invasive exotic
  8. invasive exotics
  9. invasive species
  10. invasively
  11. invasiveness

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