A silvery freshwater fish of the carp family, which is fished commercially in eastern Europe.
圆腹雅罗鱼。亦称IDE
Leuciscus idus, family Cyprinidae. See also golden orfe
Also called ide
Example sentencesExamples
Plenty of small ide, orfe, carp and tench are keeping anglers active with one visitor from Leeds complaining that he did not have time to eat his butties.
We had clearly arrived at the wrong time to catch a record orfe.
This is well stocked with a good head of roach, rudd, tench, bream, carp and orfe.
He bagged two double figure carp plus scores of orfe, ide and tench for his winning net of 46 lb 14 oz.
The same lake is also good for mixed nets of ide and orfe with fish to 2lb.
The big main lake in front of us has nearly eight hundred carp plus some orfe and tench.
Origin
Late 19th century: from German; perhaps related to French orphe, Latin orphus, and Greek orphos 'sea perch'.