orfe noun. [ɔ:f] L19.
[German: cf. French orphe, orfe, Latin orphus from Greek orphos sea-perch.]
A freshwater cyprinid fish of northern Eurasia, Leuciscus idus; esp. (also silver orfe) the normal silvery form, fished commercially.
golden orfe a yellow variety of the orfe, domesticated as an ornamental fish. silver orfe: see above.

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