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silver carps

silver carps is the plural of silver carp.

Meaning of silver carp

Noun

silver carp (plural silver carps or silver carp)

  1. A fish of the species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, native to East Asia, cultivated as a food fish.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    flying carp

Questions about silver carps

What is silver carps the plural of?
Silver carps is the plural of silver carp.

Words near silver carps in the dictionary

  1. silver breams
  2. silver bromide
  3. silver bullet
  4. silver bullets
  5. silver carp
  6. silver carps
  7. silver ceiling
  8. silver certificate
  9. silver certificates
  10. silver chloride
  11. silver chub

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