plural white amur or white amurs
: grass carp
These aquatic weed eaters, known also as white amur, belong to one of those exotic species that can drastically alter their environment—and in doing so make it less suitable for other creatures …—
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Any white amur fish that are caught from the canals must be released back into the waterway unharmed per Arizona fishing regulations.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
There are bluegill, yellow perch, channel catfish, hybrid bluegill, redear shellcrackers, fathead minnows, white amur and koi.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2021
But ever more uptown is the white amur, a vegetarian carp from Asia, commercially grown in Arkansas.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
The first introduction was the grass carp, or white amur, in the early 1960s.
—Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2012
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John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
There are bluegill, yellow perch, channel catfish, hybrid bluegill, redear shellcrackers, fathead minnows, white amur and koi.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2021
But ever more uptown is the white amur, a vegetarian carp from Asia, commercially grown in Arkansas.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
The first introduction was the grass carp, or white amur, in the early 1960s.
—Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2012
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“White amur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20amur. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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