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Definition of Cyprinus carpio

1. Noun. Large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyprinus Carpio

Literary usage of Cyprinus carpio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"cyprinus carpio. The German Carp. Body robust, compressed, heavy ... THE GERMAN CARP (cyprinus carpio) The carp was described and named by Linnaeus in 1758. ..."

2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"cyprinus carpio. The German Carp. Body robust, compressed, heavy ... THE GERMAN CARP (cyprinus carpio) The carp was described and named by Linnaeus in 1758. ..."

3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"cyprinus carpio. The German Carp. Body robust, compressed, heavy ... THE GERMAN CARP (cyprinus carpio) The carp was described and named by Linnaeus in 1758. ..."

4. Geology and Mineralogy: Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1836)
"And on the anterior ray both of the dorsal and anal fins of the Carp, (Cyprinus Carpio.) Fig. 4. Transverse Section of fig. 3, at a. ..."

5. Fish and Fisheries: A Selection from the Prize Essays of the International by David Herbert (1883)
"The particular species recommended for culture, as food-producers, are the Cyprinus carpio communis, or common scale carp, the cyprinus carpio specularis ..."

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