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Definition of Mirror carp
1. Noun. Domestic carp with some large shining scales.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirror Carp
Literary usage of Mirror 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)
"From the Main and the Rhine came to North Germany. It is frequently cultivated
artificially in ponds. (2) The MIRROR-CARP, the carp-Icing, Cyprinus rex ..."
2. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"In Central Europe there is one form known as the mirror carp or ... mirror carp.
The Crucian Carp, Cyprinus vulgaris (322), differs from the Common Carp in ..."
3. Handbook of the Fishes of New Zealand by R. A. A. Sherrin (1886)
"In Germany and elsewhere there are three varieties which are cultivated—the common
carp, the mirror-carp, and the leather-carp. Of these three species the ..."
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