white amur
chiefly US
noun
The grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, which has juveniles of a silvery colour.
- The fish is native to eastern Asia, including the Amur River, but is farmed elsewhere, both as a food source and as a means of controlling aquatic weeds..
Origin
1950s. After Russian belyj amur.
- punching block
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- punch-mark
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- punch the (time) clock
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