koi

[ koi ]

noun
  1. any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.

Origin of koi

1
1720–30; <Japanese, earlier kowi<kofi,Old Japanese kwofi<*kwopi carp

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koi

/ (kɔɪ) /


noun
  1. any of various ornamental forms of the common carp

Origin of koi

1
Japanese

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