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Definition of Leather carp

Leather carp
Leather Leath"er, n. [OE. lether, AS. le?er; akin to D. leder, le[^e]r, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. le?r, Sw. l["a]der, Dan. l[ae]der.] 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. 2. The skin. [Ironical or Sportive] Note: Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. Leather carp (Zo["o]l.), a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp. Leather jacket. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color. Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves. Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves. Leather turtle. (Zo["o]l.) See Leatherback. Vegetable leather. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. --Ure.

Meaning of Leather carp from wikipedia

- mirror carp in the UK over 40 lb (18 kg) are nicknamed.[citation needed] Leather carp are another variety of common carp that resemble mirror carp, but...
- Cyprinus carpio carpio is a subspecies of the common carp that is commonly found in Europe. They are native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga...
- The Eurasian carp or European carp (Cyprinus carpio), widely known as the common carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and...
- Heather the Leather (1960 – 1 June 2010) was a 50-year-old scaleless (also known as leather) carp, described as "Britain's most famous fish" before Benson...
- carp, European carp, fancy carp, feral carp, German carp, gr**** carp, ****anese domesticated carp, king carp, koi, koi carp, leather carp, mirror carp...
- the top lake. Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) varieties caught at the dam include mirror carp, leather carp, ghost carp, Israeli carp and koi, other species...
- anglers a year visit the complex, which was also home to Heather the Leather (a carp), described[according to whom?] as "Britain's most famous fish". In...
- (introduced) Crucian carp, Car****ius car****ius / Car****ius cuvieri Gr**** carp, Ctenopharygodon idella (introduced) Common carp/mirror carp/leather carp/koi, Cyprinus...
- photographed without multi-colored leather hi tops, turquoise or pink T-shirts, and skinny jeans, the two members of the Carps wear their hipster cred on their...
- Terry Hearn use the chod rig to great effect. Known carp such as Benson and Heather the Leather have been captured by the chod rig. The two key features...