Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 21 compound words that contain carps. The most common are listed below. Open carps in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- grass carpsplural of grass carp: A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), native to eastern Asia.
- bighead carpsplural of bighead carp: Any of the species of genus Hypophthalmichthys, a genus of fish having a large, scaleless head, a large mouth, and eyes located very low on the head
- crucian carpsplural of crucian carp: Carassius carassius, a species of carp found in northern Europe and northern Asia.
- black carpsplural of black carp: Mylopharyngodon piceus, a cyprinid fish native to East Asia, cultivated for food and traditional Chinese medicine.
- common carpsplural of common carp: A fish in the carp family, of species Cyprinus carpio.
- flying carpsplural of flying carp: A fish of the species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, native to east Asia, cultivated as a food fish, highly invasive in US, also known as a silver carp.
- invasive carpsplural of invasive carp: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see invasive, carp.
- mirror carpsplural of mirror carp: A form of carp with irregular and patchy scaling.
- Prussian carpsplural of Prussian carp: A member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes other fish such as the common carp, goldfish, and the smaller minnows.
- silver carpsplural of silver carp: A fish of the species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, native to East Asia, cultivated as a food fish.
Compound words 21
- acrocarpsplural of acrocarp: Any acrocarpous moss
- apocarpsplural of apocarp: A carpel of an apocarpous plant.
- archicarpsplural of archicarp: The female reproductive structure of an ascomycete.
- ascocarpsplural of ascocarp: The sporocarp of an ascomycete, typically bowl-shaped.
- backscarpsplural of backscarp: The scarp formed by a landslide, located at the rearmost (highest) point. The extent of a landslide runs from backscarp to toe.
- counterscarpsplural of counterscarp: The outer slope of a defensive or fortified ditch
- endocarpsplural of endocarp: The woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed: the tissue (uncountable) or the structure that it composes (countable).
- epicarpsplural of epicarp: Exocarp.
- exocarpsplural of exocarp: The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp.
- hemicarpsplural of hemicarp: A mericarp.