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Meanings of european carp in English

A tall freshwater fish from the species Cyprinus carpio with a high back, original from Asia.

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Examples for "carp"
Examples for "carp"
1
Again the line tightened and again the carp turned to the shore.
A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
2
Stew the carp in red wine, drain, and place on a platter.
How to Cook Fish
3
Enormous prices were paid for carp, the favorite dish of the Romans.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
4
The carp were now fighting for the very last bit of bread.
The genesis secret
5
There's a picture of a carp on the sign at the inn.
The Dragon King’s Palace
1
Seroconversion was measured in common carp and goldfish but not in Atlantic salmon.
Pubmed
2
This fish is much bolder and a more free feeder than the common carp.
Amateur Fish Culture
3
Our analyses clarify the phylogenetic position of the paternal and maternal ancestors for the common carp and goldfish.
Pubmed
4
The diploid hybrid between common carp and crucian carp reproduces an unreduced nucleus consisting of two parental genomes.
Pubmed
5
It is a much bolder-feeding and gamer fish than the common carp, and is just as easy to introduce.
Amateur Fish Culture
Usage of european carp in English
1
'The pike in the European carp-pond,' said Bismarck once, 'prevent us from becoming carp.
What Germany Thinks; Or, The War as Germans see it
2
The pikes in the European carp-pond are keeping us from being carps by making us feel their teeth on both sides.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
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