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Mirror carp   /mˈɪrər kɑrp/   Listen
noun
Mirror  n.  
1.
A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light. "And in her hand she held a mirror bright, Wherein her face she often viewèd fair."
2.
That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar. "She is mirour of all courtesy." "O goddess, heavenly bright, Mirror of grace and majesty divine."
3.
(Zool.) See Speculum.
Mirror carp (Zool.), a domesticated variety of the carp, having only three or fur rows of very large scales side.
Mirror plate.
(a)
A flat glass mirror without a frame.
(b)
Flat glass used for making mirrors.
Mirror writing, a manner or form of backward writing, making manuscript resembling in slant and order of letters the reflection of ordinary writing in a mirror. The substitution of this manner of writing for the common manner is a symptom of some kinds of nervous disease.






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