carp

carp
I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute Date: 14th century to find fault or complain querulously • carper noun II. noun Date: 1904 complaint III. noun (plural carp or carps) Etymology: Middle English carpe, from Middle French, from Late Latin carpa, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German karpfo carp Date: 15th century 1. a large variable Asian soft-finned freshwater cyprinid fish (Cyprinus carpio) of sluggish waters that is often raised for food and has been widely introduced into United States waters; also any of various related cyprinid fishes (as the grass carp) 2. a fish (as the European sea bream) resembling a carp

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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