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LEATHER CARP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leather carp mean?
• LEATHER CARP (noun)
The noun LEATHER CARP has 1 sense:
1. scaleless domestic carp
Familiarity information: LEATHER CARP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scaleless domestic carp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("leather carp" is a kind of...):
Cyprinus carpio; domestic carp (large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest)
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