orfe

/ (ɔːf) /


noun
  1. a small slender European cyprinoid fish, Idus idus, occurring in two colour varieties, namely the silver orfe and the golden orfe, popular aquarium fishes: Compare goldfish

Origin of orfe

1
C17: from German; related to Latin orphus, Greek orphos the sea perch

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