Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An endangered large-scaled carp of the family Cyprinidae, found in rivers and lakes of India, Malaysia, and Southern Asia generally, valued as a game fish.
Examples
“Rough Fish keith mccafferty's adventure in india's mountain country fishing the rivers for mahseer and exploring the native populations and seeing tigers.”
“Finally, my dream expanded to include fishing for India's great migratory gamefish, the golden mahseer.”
“Fishing for mahseer in the Himalayas doesn't begin with a cast.”
“Last spring, F&S field editor Keith McCafferty ventured to India to follow the trails of the legendary hunter Jim Corbett, see tigers, and fish for mahseer (right).”
“It has a gold illustration on the cover of a man with a turban and a human- sized mahseer hanging beside him, and a chapter called “Circumventing the Mahseer”.”
“A newer good book is Somewhere Down the Crazy River by Paul Boote and Jeremy WAde– two crazed Brit fishers on expeditions after mahseer and giant tigerfish in Africa of course.”
“The fabled mahseer of India's mountain rivers, one of the world's hardest-fighting gamefish, is a carp.”
“Shoals of silvery mahseer, no bigger than sardines, came nosing and nibbling at his body.”
“In India at least one member of the family, the mahseer, takes rank with the salmon as a”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
“-- Among the carps of India, several of which give good sport, special mention must be made of the mahseer (_Barbus mosal_),”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mahseer’.
-
fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
wetdreamablet, agnathan, ahi, ahuru, ahuruhuru, albacore, albicore, alec, alewife, allice, allis, amberjack and 840 more...
-
It's a Fish
kelpfish, fatfin, dollarfish, barrelfish, palometa, poppy-fish, ballan-wrasse, sweetlips, bichir, finpike, bergall, cunner and 192 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mahseer.
hernesheir It's a fish.
Unofficially, the national fish of Pakistan. British anglers in India called them the Indian salmon. Jan 2, 2012