bighead carp

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bighead carp (plural bighead carps or bighead carp)

  1. 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
    1. especially Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, the species reaching the largest size, native to east Asia.

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