What does "amur" mean?

Any of various hybrids of the white amur that were bred for aquatic weed control.

What is a synonym for "amur"?

Common synonyms include: amur river, amur river, heilong, heilong jiang, heilongjiang.

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Noun

1
Any of various hybrids of the white amur that were bred for aquatic weed control.
"In the fall of 1972, we obtained a special permit from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to import 20 amurs for study in indoor aquaria."

Proper Noun

1
The world's ninth-longest river, forming part of the border between the Far East of Russia and Manchuria in Northeastern China, emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin.
"If, then, the southern districts of European Russia be exposed to a winter more severe than those of France or Germany, they may boast in their turn a more genial climate than the banks of the Ural and the Amur; while all are subject to a dispensation of nature which extends too far, and acts too uniformly, to be ascribed to any local or temporary causes."
2
An oblast in far eastern Russia; its administrative centre is Blagoveshchensk.
"The unmanned probe was launched on a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket at 23:10 GMT from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s far eastern Amur Region. It is expected to reach lunar orbit in 4-5 days."