orfe

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɔːf/


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
orfe /ɔːf/ n
  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
Etymology: 17th Century: from German; related to Latin orphus, Greek orphos the sea perch
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