Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cyprinoid fish, Rhodeus amarus, of the fresh waters of central Europe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A roachlike European fish (
Rhodima amarus ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various species of small
cyprinid fish. - noun Specifically Rhodeus amarus, formerly called Rhodeus sericeus.
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Examples
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The freshwater mussel cannot continue its race without the unconscious co-operation of the minnow, and the freshwater fish called the bitterling cannot continue its race without the unconscious co-operation of the mussel.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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For example, in Winter, a freshwater fish that is tiny may be a bitterling, where a fairly common fish that is large and plump may be a black bass.
IGN Complete 2009
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New species living in warm or Southern waters, such as spirlin and the common bitterling, are gradually replacing the traditionally fished species.
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New species living in warm or Southern waters, such as spirlin and the common bitterling, are gradually replacing the traditionally fished species.
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a freshwater fish that is tiny may be a bitterling, where a fairly common fish that is large and plump may be a black bass.
IGN Complete 2008
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