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koi

noun
🔊/kɔɪ/
🔊/kɔɪ/
(also koi carp
🔊/ˌkɔɪ ˈkɑːp/
🔊/ˌkɔɪ ˈkɑːrp/
)
(plural koi or koi carp)
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  1. a large fish originally from Japan, often kept in fish ponds锦鲤（观赏鱼，源自日本）Topics Fish and shellfishc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Japanese, ‘carp’.