crucian
/ˈkruːʃən/(亦作crucian carp)
noun
1- a small olive-green to reddish-brown European carp of still or slow-moving waters, important as a farmed fish in eastern Europe欧洲鲫鱼。
1.1
- Carassius carassius, family Cyprinidae.拉丁名Carassius carassius, 鲤科。
词源
mid 18th cent.: from Low German karusse, karutze, perhaps based on Latin coracinus, from Greek korax 'raven', also denoting a black fish found in the Nile.