koi
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- noun
- /kɔɪ/
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carpa koi
- She spent the afternoon feeding the koi fish in her backyard pond.
- koi pond
- koi fish
- colorful koi
He has an enormous fish just swimming around doing laps in that koi pond behind him.
- He has an enormous fish just swimming around doing laps in that koi pond behind him.
- Sat next to the window listening to the stillness and the serene sounds of that koi pond.
- Just huge gardens or koi pond or everything all the time.
Examples
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I heard that koi fish eat mosquitoes.
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He has an enormous fish just swimming around doing laps in that koi pond behind him.
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So why not make a koi fish chain for her?
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It's just a koi fish.
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Can we show Kate the koi pond?
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Oh, what have you done to my priceless collection of koi fish?
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Look at the koi pond in the entryway.
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These came overnight, five hand selected koi from Petco.
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Only three koi were found belly-up the next morning, and Julia considered the party a success.
Fiction book (2000) -
Plus, Changi features six gardens (with a koi pond and a butterfly garden among them) and a near 20-foot waterfall.
Blog text (4)
Synonyms
A type of carp with few large shiny scales that people keep in ponds for food or decoration
A large freshwater fish kept for food or as decoration, like koi
A large freshwater fish often kept for food or sport fishing
Describing freshwater fish like carp or minnow
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word koi comes from the Japanese word koi, which means 'carp' and was used for the colorful carp bred in garden ponds. That's why a koi today is a brightly colored fish kept for decoration.