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Definition of Crucian
1. Noun. A small greenish-brown carp, ''Carassius carassius'', that is farmed in parts of Europe ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crucian
1. a European fish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crucian
Literary usage of Crucian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"Maga in America. villanous predilections of the Rosi- crucian contended for the
mastery, although his intellect recognised ..."
2. The Angler's Guide: Being a Complete Practical Treatise on Angling by Thomas Frederick Salter (1815)
"crucian OR PRUSSIAN CARP. THIS fish is not very common in England. By some persons
it is supposed to be a cross breed, between the Carp and Roach, ..."
3. A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, John Wright (1831)
"The crucian....The Roach.... The Dace....The Chub....The BL*AK....The White
Bait..- TheM.iw*ow....The Gold and Silver Fishes. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... a name, however, also applied to the true crucian. See We have to do with
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