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white amur

white amur noun: a freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), the grass carp, native to Asia from Vietnam to the Amur River.

white amur: a freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), the grass carp,...
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Noun

white amur (plural white amurs)

  1. A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), the grass carp, native to Asia from Vietnam to the Amur River.

Forms of white amur

pluralwhite amurs

Origin of white amur

Partial calque of Russian бе́лый аму́р (bélyj amúr) for the same fish, as also sometimes black amur has been used for чёрный аму́р (čórnyj amúr, “Mylopharyngodon piceus”).

Questions about white amur

What does white amur mean?
White amur means a freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), the grass carp, native to Asia from Vietnam to the Amur River.
What part of speech is white amur?
White amur is a noun.
What is the plural of white amur?
The plural of white amur is white amurs.

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