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crucian carp
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crucian carp has 1 sense
- crucian carp(n = noun.animal) carassius carassius, carassius vulgaris - European carp closely resembling wild goldfish; Array is a kind of cyprinid, cyprinid fish
is a member of carassius, genus carassius
CIDE DICTIONARY
crucian carp, [Cf. Sw. karussa, G. karausche, F. carousse, -assin, corassin, LL. coracinus, Gr. a sort of fish.].
A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris ), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp . [1913 Webster]
" The gibel or Prussian carp is now generally considered a variety of the crucian carp, or perhaps a hybrid between it and the common carp."
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