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Definition of Leather carp
1. Noun. Scaleless domestic carp.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leather Carp
Literary usage of Leather carp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1882)
"At the present time, leather-carp of a beautiful golden brown color are greatly
in demand in Germany; they are never called "gold-carp.,*1 but invariably ..."
2. The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sink by Harry Thomas Cory, William Phipps Blake (1915)
"... with but two or three irregular rows of large scales along the back; and (3)
the leather-carp, which is scaleless, with a thick, soft, velvety skin. ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"leather carp. Figs. 401-403, varieties of the domestic carp. Successful attempts
have been made in France in breeding plankton for both fish fry and for ..."
4. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"The "leather carp," which has on the back either only a few scales or none at
all, and possesses a thick, soft skin, which feels velvety to the touch. ..."
5. The Anglo-Saxon Review by Randolph Spencer Churchill (1901)
"In the case of the leather carp (Carpio cyprinus) fish culture in Germany is ...
The leather carp was imported into America by the Fishery Department from ..."
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