carp

1) the Carp Family (Cyprinidae), the most speciose freshwater fish family with over 2420 species

2) Cyprinus carpio, the common carp, widely used in aquaculture and the eponymous member of the Carp Family, Cyprinidae

3) to find fault, complain unreasonably. See also carping

4) the shape of the city of Tsuenchen-fu, China, built to resemble this fish when viewed from the air. Ancient Chinese cities were often built in this fashion, to resemble mythological creatures, animals and symbolic designs. See also fish net

5) acronym for Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel, Washington, D.C., which seems fairly self-explanatory and unfishy. Various other unfishy acronyms turn out as carp, have carp, the fish, as an icon or symbol, and are not listed here; includes computer programmes, medical associations, cardiac acronyms, phenomenonology, email service, travel agencies, etc

6) term used for the anchovies found on pizzas. See also guppies

7) a town near Ottawa, Ontario where common carp are not native; probably based on members of the family Catostomidae, some of which were called "carpe" in French. Could be carpe à cochon, now meunier noir or white sucker, Catostomus commersonii

8) talk, speak, prattle; not necessarily about fish

9) a heraldic device, e.g. of Verzej, Slovenia

10) Canadian Association of Retired Persons