Copi

Quick meaning: Copi is a noun meaning (chiefly Illinois) Asian carp.

Meaning

(chiefly Illinois) Asian carp.

Example Sentences

That may as well be the new battle cry for Illinois fishery managers trying to rebrand four invasive species of Asian carp as copi.

You’re in the mood for fish and your server suggests a dish of invasive carp. Ugh, you might say. But how about broiled copi, fresh from the Mississippi River?

It’s “copi,” short for “copious,” which the fish certainly are in Illinois’s waterways. Copi are actually four very different fish species native to China: grass, bighead, black, and silver carp.

Now imagine if copi becomes the new tuna or tilapia or shrimp. Skyrocketing demand could encourage a surge in fishing, which in turn could help restore some semblance of ecological balance in rivers up and down the Mississippi watershed.

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