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石斑魚
石斑魚
See also: 石斑鱼
Chinese
rock; stone; 10 pecks | variegated | fish | ||
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trad. (石斑魚) | 石 | 斑 | 魚 | |
simp. (石斑鱼) | 石 | 斑 | 鱼 |
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石斑魚 (grouper)
Noun
石斑魚
Japanese
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ウグイ (ugui): a Japanese dace.
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石 | 斑 | 魚 |
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Etymology
Possibly originally a compound of 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) + 食い (kui, “eating, gobbling”).
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Noun
石斑魚 (hiragana うぐい, katakana ウグイ, romaji ugui, historical hiragana うぐひ)
- the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin: Tribolodon hakonensis, an edible fish in family Cyprinidae
Usage notes
This three-kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun. As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ウグイ.
Synonyms
- 丸太 (maruta)