ablet

From French ablet, ablette, a diminutive from Late Latin abula, for albula, diminutive of albus (“white”). Compare abele.

Alburnus alburnus
Alburnus alburnus#Translingual

A small fresh-water fish (Alburnus alburnus); the bleak.


dare

The Dare is not unlike a Chub, but proportionably less; his Body is more white and flatter, and his Tail more forked.

1766, Richard Brookes, The art of angling, rock and sea-fishing:

w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909


cat

She missed the fish diet of her own country, and twice every summer she sent the boys to the river, twenty miles to the southward, to fish for channel cat.

1913, Willa Cather, chapter 2, in O Pioneers!:

Fishing for cat is probably, up to a certain stage, the least exciting of all similar sports.

1916, M. Shults, “Fishing for Yellow Cat in the Brazos”, in Field and Stream, vol. 21, 478:


pink

Unknown. Some lexicographers suggest comparison to regional German Pinke (“minnow; small salmon”), but this is not widely accepted.

Phoxinus phoxinus
Phoxinus phoxinus#Translingual

(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.


pink

Borrowed from Middle Dutch pincke. Compare French pinque.


sill

From Old Norse síld, from Proto-Germanic *sīlą.


hammerhead

(zoology) A fresh-water fish; the hogsucker, Hypentelium nigricans, in the sucker family Catostomidae.


bran

head

bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)

brain (genitive singular)
brain (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
bran (indefinite singular)
brain (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a bhrain (indefinite singular)
a bhrana (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
brain (indefinite singular)
bran (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an bran (definite singular)
na brain (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an bhrain (definite singular)
na mbran (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an mbran (definite singular)
don bhran (definite singular)
leis na brain (definite plural)

Abramis brama
Abramis brama#Translingual


roach

From Middle English roche, from Old French roche, from Middle Low German roche, ruche (“ray (fish)”), from Old Saxon *rūh, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“rough”).
Cognate with Old English ruhha ("a ray"; > Middle English rouhe, rohȝe), German Rochen (“ray (fish)”).

gloss

Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:

Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially:

Rutilus rutilus
Rutilus rutilus#Translingual

A California roach, of the monotypic genus Hesperoleucus


dart

From Middle English dart, from Old French dart, dard (“dart”), from Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *darōþu (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz (“dart, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”); compare Old High German tart (“javelin, dart”), Old English daroþ, dearod (“javelin, spear, dart”), Swedish dart (“dart, dagger”), Icelandic darraður, darr, dör (“dart, spear”).

der

Leuciscus leuciscus
Leuciscus leuciscus#Translingual


anchovy

From Spanish anchoa, from Genoese Ligurian anciôa or related Corsican anchjuva, anciua. The term's ultimate origin is unclear; some suggest it may have derived from an unattested Vulgar Latin term *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, apua, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē) (which may be formed like Sanskrit अभ्व (ábhva-, “monster”)); others suggest it comes from Basque antxu, anchu (“dried fish”), from anchuva (“dry”), if that Basque term is not itself derived from Latin via some intermediary.

Coordinate term: sardine

[T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.

1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 40:

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus Engraulis is widely sold as food.


carp

→ Welsh: carp

From Late Middle English carpe (“the common carp (Cyprinus carpio)”), from Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *karpo (possibly due to the introduction from the fish from the Danube into England in the 14th century; whence Middle Low German karpe and Old High German charpho, karpho); further etymology unknown.

inh

The Carp is a ſtately, a good, and a ſubtle fiſh, a fiſh that hath not (as it is ſaid) been long in England, but ſaid to be by one Mr. Maſcall (a Gentleman then living at Plumſted in Suſſex) brought into this Nation: […] Carps and Loches are obſerved to breed ſeveral months in one year, vvhich moſt other fiſh do not, and it is the rather believed, becauſe you ſhall ſcarce or never take a Male Carp vvithout a Melt, or a Female vvithout a Roe or Spavvn; […]

1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], chapter VIII, in The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN, pages 161–162:

Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio#Translingual

Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

wôbhagas

any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae


carp

cerpyn (singulative)
carp
garp (soft)
ngharp
charp


buffalo

en-noun

buffalo (plural buffaloes or buffalos or buffalo)

buffaloes (plural)
buffalos (plural)
buffalo (plural)

From Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubale and buffle.


dojo

Borrowed from Japanese 泥鰌 (dojō, “pond loach”).

[ˈdəʊ̯d͡ʒəʊ̯]

/ˈdoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/

[ˈdoʊ̯ˌd͡ʒoʊ̯]

The head of the dojô is small, the mouth is surrounded by six or eight barbules as is the case with several species of fish which inhabit muddy streams. [...] A microscopic examination showed them [the barbules] to be rich in muscular fibres for movement, and through the centre run a thick bundle of very delicate nerve fibres which spread out on the surface of each barbule's tip. These, I suppose from the manner which the dojô dips its head down, assist in the search for food, [...]

1878 January 26, H[enry] Faulds, “Remarks on the Dojô”, in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, volume VI, part I, Yokohama: Printed at the “Japan Mail” Office, →OCLC, page 183:

[A] comparative test on susceptibility to E1-43, 064 between the goldfish and ‘Dojo’ fish was made by dipping method. The result has shown that the ‘Dojo’ fish is 5.32 times as susceptible as the goldfish to E1-43, 064.

1971, Robert M. Howland, editor, Sport Fishery Abstracts, volume 16, number 1, Narragansett, R.I.: Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, →ISSN, →OCLC, abstract 13071, page 68:

All of us kids used to swim in the stream and fish for dojo, funa, and goby.

2007, John R. K. Clark, “Jizo the Protector”, in Guardian of the Sea: Jizo in Hawaiʻi (Latitude 20 Book), Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 51:

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus#Translingual

The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia.


cardinal

en-noun

cardinal (countable and uncountable, plural cardinals)

From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardin-, cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix.

der

Short for cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi), a freshwater fish.


紫

紫 (canonical)
紫 (canonical)
murasaki (romanization)

From Old Japanese.
Possibly a compound of 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) + 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”).

茜さす

akane sasu, pillow word that can be an allusion to murasaki

Short for 紫色 (murasaki-iro): the color purple

(archaic women's speech) Synonym of 鰯 (iwashi): a sardine, especially the Japanese pilchard, Sardinops sagax


紫

(colloquial) Short for 紫式部 (Murasaki Shikibu): Heian-period novelist and lady-in-waiting


紫

From 縁 (yukari, “affinity, connection”).


鯉

ja-noun

鯉(こい) or 鯉(コイ) • (koi) ^(←こひ (kofi) or コヒ (kofi)?)

鯉 (canonical)
鯉 (canonical)
koi (romanization)
kofi (romanization)
こひ (hiragana historical)
コヒ (hiragana historical)

/ko₁pi₁/ → /kopi/ → /kofi/ → */kowi/ → /koi/
From Old Japanese, attested in the Nihon Shoki.

carp, specifically, the common carp (Cyprinus carpio)


neon

neon (nominative singular)
neony (nominative plural)
neona (genitive singular)
neonów (genitive plural)
neonowi (dative singular)
neonom (dative plural)
neona (accusative singular)
neony (accusative plural)
neonem (instrumental singular)
neonami (instrumental plural)
neonie (locative singular)
neonach (locative plural)
neonie (singular vocative)
neony (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare English neon, French néon, German Neon, ultimately from Ancient Greek νέος (néos). Doublet of nowy.


鯎

鯎(うぐい) or 鯎(ウグイ) • (ugui) ^(←うぐひ (ugufi)?)

鯎 (canonical)
鯎 (canonical)
ugui (romanization)
ugufi (romanization)
うぐひ (hiragana historical)

Possibly originally a compound of 鵜 (u, “cormorant”) + 食い (kui, “eating, gobbling”).

compound

Tribolodon hakonensis
Tribolodon hakonensis#Translingual

the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled redfin: Tribolodon hakonensis, an edible fish in family Cyprinidae


鯰

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”), using the 魚 radical on the left for its meaning of “fish”, and 念 on the right for its phonetic value as a homophone of 粘 (nen, “sticky; slimy”).


鰥

From 寡 (OC *kʷraːʔ, “single; alone”) + *-n (“nominalizing suffix”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.


鯪

(obsolete, mythology) legendary fish with human-like face and hands


鰊

鰊 (canonical)
鰊 (canonical)
kado (romanization)

(chiefly Tohōku) Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)


鰊

鰊 (canonical)
鰊 (canonical)
nishin (romanization)

Uncertain.
* Probably from ニ親 (ni shin, two + parent, as in father and mother), due to the large number of herring offsprings.
* Can also be from 煮渋 (ni shibu, boil(ed dish) + bitter).
* From 二身 (ni shin, two + body), from the way it is prepared before cooking.
* It can also be from a clipping of 西の海の魚 (nishi no umi no uo, literally, "fish of the west seas").


鰯

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鰯 (iwashi, “sardine”). A Japanese kokuji coined phono-semanically (弱し yowashi) in the Nara period.
Spelling pronunciation, as 弱 (ruò)

obor

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus), sardine.


鰯

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).


鰯

鰯 (canonical)
鰯 (canonical)
iwashi (romanization)

Russian: иваси́ f (ivasí)

From Old Japanese. Attested in a mokkan dated around 756.
Seemingly connected to 弱し (yowashi, “weak”, modern 弱い (yowai)), from the way that the fish quickly dies. However, the pitch accents mismatch; the Heian period accent for iwashi is {{#tag:syntaxhighlight||inline="True"|lang="text"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}}, contradicting to the accent of yowashi, which has {{#tag:syntaxhighlight||inline="True"|lang="text"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}} in the Heian period.

鰯 楊氏漢語抄云鰯〈伊和之 今案本文未詳〉

938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 8:

Pilchard: [Part of the] Willow Family. 鰯 is [also] in the Kangoshō. ([read] iwasi; currently, records of its origin are unknown)

a pilchard (especially a Japanese pilchard) (Sardinops melanostictus)

Osmanthus heterophyllus
Osmanthus heterophyllus#Translingual

on the night of the Setsubun, a pilchard is placed at the entrance along with a 柊 (hīragi, “Osmanthus heterophyllus”) to ward off evil spirits


鰯

Possibly borrowed from Japanese 鰯 (iwashi).


鰯

Seemingly connected to 弱し (yo₁wasi, “weak”), from the way that the fish quickly dies. However, the pitch accents mismatch; the Heian period accent for iwashi is {{#tag:syntaxhighlight||inline="True"|lang="text"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}}, contradicting to the accent of yowashi, which has {{#tag:syntaxhighlight||inline="True"|lang="text"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}} in the Heian period.

Mokkan #2283 from Heijo Palace; text here
青郷御贄伊和志腊五升
AWOSATO₁ NO₂ MI₁-NIPE₂ NO₂ iwasi NO₂ KI₁TAPI₁ PA ITU-MASU
The dried meat of a pilchard offered from Awosato [weighs] five masu.

a pilchard (especially a Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus))


鯖

(alt. form 𦙫) stew or chowder of fish and meat


parma

parma (nominative singular)
parmy (nominative plural)
parmy (genitive singular)
parem (genitive plural)
parmě (dative singular)
parmám (dative plural)
parmu (accusative singular)
parmy (accusative plural)
parmo (singular vocative)
parmy (plural vocative)
parmě (locative singular)
parmách (locative plural)
parmou (instrumental singular)
parmami (instrumental plural)

barbel (freshwater fish of the genus Barbus)


goldfish

en-noun

goldfish (plural goldfish or goldfishes)

For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.

Carassius auratus
Carassius auratus#Translingual

A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.

golüdafit (original Volapük, Volapük rigik)


goujon

Borrowed from French goujon (“gudgeon (fish)”). Doublet of gudgeon.

Goujons are tiny brook-fish like the white bait which are served on the sea coast in this country; but to watch a Frenchman with an untrimmed beard as he devours schools of goujons is an experience.

2018, Henri Charpentier, Life à la Henri: Being the Memories of Henri Charpentier:


goujon

Borrowed from French goujon (“dowel, pin”).

(cooking) A thin strip of food, usually fish or chicken.


sum

sum (nominative singular)
sumy (nominative plural)
suma (genitive singular)
sumów (genitive plural)
sumowi (dative singular)
sumom (dative plural)
suma (accusative singular)
sumy (accusative plural)
sumem (instrumental singular)
sumami (instrumental plural)
sumie (locative singular)
sumach (locative plural)
sumie (singular vocative)
sumy (plural vocative)

Silurus glanis
Silurus glanis#Translingual

wels, wels catfish, sheatfish (Silurus glanis)


som

sȍm (canonical masculine)
со̏м (Cyrillic)
sȍm (nominative singular)
sòmovi (nominative plural)
soma (genitive singular)
somova (genitive plural)
somu (dative singular)
somovima (dative plural)
soma (accusative singular)
somove (accusative plural)
some (singular vocative)
somovi (plural vocative)
somu (locative singular)
somovima (locative plural)
somom (instrumental singular)
somovima (instrumental plural)


alewife

Unknown. Possibly from aloof, the Narragansett name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, “Phil Trans.” No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam’s “Memoirs,” vol. ii. p. 131.
Possibly from allowes (“a type of shad”), from French alose (“shad”), from Old French [Term?], from Late Latin alausa, influenced by Etymology 1 due to large belly of the fish.

Alewives are anadromous fish: Born in freshwater, they spend their lives in the ocean, returning annually to their birthplaces to spawn. Until colonial-era dams cut off their migration, hundreds of thousands of alewives would have come pouring into Rogers Lake [Connecticut, USA] every spring – and into other lakes like it along much of the Eastern Seaboard. Farmers used to apply them to their fields as fertilizer, and all along the coast, river herring festivals celebrated their arrival.

2014 April 20, Richard Conniff, “An evolutionary family drama”, in The New York Times:

1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter I. "The Shipwreck", page 14.
I saw in Cohasset, separated from the sea only by a narrow beach, a handsome but shallow lake of some four hundred acres […] , and, after the alewives had passed into it, it had stopped up its outlet, and now the alewives were dying by thousands, and the inhabitants were apprehending a pestilence as the water evaporated.

A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.


koza

kózka (diminutive)
koza (nominative singular)
kozy (nominative plural)
kozy (genitive singular)
kóz (genitive plural)
kozie (dative singular)
kozom (dative plural)
kozę (accusative singular)
kozy (accusative plural)
kozą (instrumental singular)
kozami (instrumental plural)
kozie (locative singular)
kozach (locative plural)
kozo (singular vocative)
kozy (plural vocative)

→ Low Prussian: Koss

Cobitis taenia
Cobitis taenia#Translingual

any spined loach (Cobitis, especially Cobitis taenia or golden loach)


silverfish

silverfish (plural silverfish or silverfishes)

silverfish (plural)
silverfishes (plural)

From silver + fish: from its appearance, in the case of the insect.

Silver fish (fish)
Silverfish (disambiguation)
silverfish

Megalops atlanticus (Atlantic tarpon, tarpum).


azurine

en-adj

azurine (comparative more azurine, superlative most azurine)

more azurine (comparative)
most azurine (superlative)


tra

From Vietnamese (cá) tra, from Khmer ប្រា (praa, “certain Pangasius species”).

der

iridescent shark
iridescent shark#English

Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus”)


dace

From Old French dars, nominative form of dart (“dace”). For a similar loss of r, compare bass.

(US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.


barb

PIE word
 *bʰardʰéh₂
From Middle English barbe, from Middle French barbe, from Old French barbe (“beard, beard-like element”). Doublet of beard.

(US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.


rap

rap (nominative singular)
rapy (nominative plural)
rapa (genitive singular)
rapów (genitive plural)
rapowi (dative singular)
rapom (dative plural)
rapa (accusative singular)
rapy (accusative plural)
rapem (instrumental singular)
rapami (instrumental plural)
rapie (locative singular)
rapach (locative plural)
rapie (singular vocative)
rapy (plural vocative)

Perhaps borrowed from German Rapfen. Doublet of rapa.

Leuciscus aspius
Wikispecies:Leuciscus aspius

asp (Aspius aspius, syn. Leuciscus aspius)


bashaw

Variant of pasha, several forms or relatives of which start with /b-/, e.g. Arabic بَاشَا (bāšā).

m+

Arabic بَاشَا (bāšā)

A very large siluroid fish (Pylodictis olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; the goujon or mudcat.


chub

From chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), from Middle English chubbe (“chub (the river fish)”), recorded since c.1450, probably an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), see kobbi.
Cognate with Icelandic kubbur (“block, cube”), Norwegian kubb, kubbe (“block, stump, log”), Swedish kubb (“block, log”), and perhaps to Icelandic kubba (“to hew, chop, lop”) and Russian кубышка (kubyška). More at cob, kibble.

inh

(by extension) Any of various vaguely related marine or freshwater fishes.


jerker

A North American river chub, a hornyhead chub (Nocomis biguttatus).


shad

From Middle English shadde, from Old English sceadd, possibly from Celtic (compare Scottish Gaelic sgadan (“herring”), Welsh ysgadan) or from Scandinavian/North Germanic (compare dialectal Norwegian skadd (“small whitefish”), Old Norse skata (“kind of fish”)), but the order of borrowing is unclear and the ultimate origin of these words is obscure.

Each river had its village and its iron bridge that the train crossed with a blast of its whistle, and the girls bathing in the icy water leaped like shad as it passed, unsettling travelers with their fleeting breasts.

2003, Gabriel García Márquez, chapter 1, in Edith Grossman, transl., Living to Tell the Tale:

Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.


bream

From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)).

der

A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

(British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama.

An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.

mudfish

American freshwater fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera

A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.


bleak

From Middle English bleke (“small river fish, bleak, blay”), perhaps an alteration (due to Old English blǣc (“bright”) or Old Norse bleikja) of Old English blǣġe (“bleak, blay, gudgeon”); or perhaps from a diminutive of Middle English *bleye (“blay”), equivalent to blay + -ock or blay + -kin. See blay.

inh

A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.


scaly

From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.

(South Africa) The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).


pout

From Middle English *poute, from Old English *pūte as in ǣlepūta, ǣlepūte (“eelpout”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to swell”). Related to pout (“to push one's lip out”).

Ameiurus nebulosus
Ameiurus nebulosus#Translingual

Trisopterus luscus
Trisopterus luscus#Translingual

(rare) Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).


jewfish

каменен костур

any of many types of fish including the Japanese seabass

Any of several fish species, principally groupers and similar-appearing fish

Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic goliath grouper, spotted jewfish)

Lateolabrax japonicus (Japanese seabass)

Argyrosomus japonicus (silver jewfish, also known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia)

Tandanus tandanus (eel-tailed catfish, freshwater jewfish, dewfish)

Glaucosoma hebraicum (West Australian dhufish, Westralian jewfish, western jewfish)

Glaucosoma buergeri (Westralian jewfish)

Stereolepis gigas (black jewfish, Pacific jewfish)


flathead

flathead catfish
flathead catfish#English

(US, informal) Alternative form of flathead catfish


ide

Borrowed from French ide, from Scientific Latin idus (species name), from Swedish id.

a pike says to the pike-folk / a whitefish asked an ide, a / salmon another salmon: / ‘Have they died, the famous men / have Kaleva's sons been lost […]?’

1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XLVII:

Leuciscus idus
Leuciscus idus#Translingual

A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus.


piranha

First attested in 1869. The term entered English either via Portuguese piranha or Spanish piraña, from Old Tupi pirãîa.

(ichthyology) Any of the carnivorous or frugivorous freshwater fish living in South American rivers and belonging to the subfamily Serrasalminae.


piranha

From English piranha, from Old Tupi pirãia (“fish”).


buffalo fish

en-noun

buffalo fish (countable and uncountable, plural buffalo fishes or buffalo fish)

buffalo fishes (plural)
buffalo fish (plural)

Any of several North American freshwater sucker fishes of the genus Ictiobus, similar to carp but having a humped back.


mullet

Wikispecies
From Middle English molet, mulett, from Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos).

A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).

moll

fish of the family Mullidae (red mullets)

(especially US) A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes) (grey mullets).

بُورِيّ

fish of the family Mugilidae (grey mullets)

(US) Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family (especially in the genus Moxostoma, redhorses)


mullet

From Middle English molet, from Old French molette (“rowel”).

Grogan, Creation of 1859, or Moyvore, Westmeath. [...] Arms,—Barry of sex or and sable, on a chief engrailed azure a lion passant of the first. Crest,—A lion's head erased sable, charged with a mullet or.

1871, Debrett's illustrated baronetage and knightage (and companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, page 215:

(heraldry) A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points.


shiner

From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine + -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”).

cog

Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.

Fargo wasn't sure what difference it made if one gambler passed something to another, unless it was to be used in cheating, a shiner maybe. But nobody at that table would let a shiner pass.

2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #258: Casino Carnage:

A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.


cobbler

Fished for cobblers in the evening. The warbler sings its night-song.

1831 November 10, George Fletcher Moore, “The Journey”, in Martin Doyle, editor, Extracts from the Letters and Journals of George Fletcher Moore, Esq. […], London: Orr and Smith, […]; Dublin: W. Curry, Jun. & Co. […], published 1834, →OCLC, page 122:

The South Australian catfish (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus), a species of catfish native to Australia which has dorsal and pectoral fins bearing sharp, venomous spines.


sucker

From Middle English souker, sokere, sukkere, soukere, equivalent to suck (verb) + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Suuger, West Frisian sûker (“sucker”), Dutch zuiger (“sucker”), German Sauger (“dummy; vacuum”).

(ichthyology) Any fish in the family Catostomidae of North America and eastern Asia, which have mouths modified into downward-pointing, suckerlike structures for feeding in bottom sediments.

(US, obsolete) A migrant lead miner working in the Driftless Area of northwest Illinois, southwest Wisconsin, and northeast Iowa, working in summer and leaving for winter, so named because of the similarity to the migratory patterns of the North American Catostomidae.

One poor sucker had actually given her his life’s savings.

This ſucker thinks nane wiſe. / But him that can to immenſe riches riſe:

1728, Allan Ramsay, “The General Mistake”, in The Poems of Allan Ramsay, new edition, volume 1, published 1800, page 352:

They had sorcerized me, and I were a done-over sucker; so I jist gin up. No sooner had we ’rove at the boat, instead o’ feastin’ me on gully-whompin oysters, they nabbed me quick as a snappin’ turtle

1859, Oliver Stanley, “The Escape from the Whale”, in Hardin E. Taliaferro, editor, Fisher's River (North Carolina): Scenes and Characters, page 126:

“George, them fellows took me for a sucker. Do I look like a sucker?” ¶ “No, Bill; you look like a nice, smart counter-hopper,” I replied.

1887, George Devol, Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi, page 221:

Then he burst into a stream of horrible profanity. "What's the game?" he cried, glaring round him. "Do you think I am easy and that you can play me for a sucker? Is it a frame-up, or what?

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

“After twenty years you’re still a sucker for her lies? […]”

1934, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 13, in The Thin Man, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 59:

(US, slang) A person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive or gullible person.


bunker

Clipping of mossbunker, a variant of mossbanker, from Dutch marsbanker (“common scad or Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)”), from Marsdiep (“deep tide-race between Den Helder and Texel in the Netherlands”) + bank (“shallow part of the sea near a coast”) + -er (suffix forming nouns denoting male inhabitants of a place).

der

Ten hours of footage revealed the young [shark's] habits, such as diving for squid up to 150 feet deep, then moving closer to shore to feast on huge schools of bunker fish.

2024 June 24, Melanie Haiken, “Baby great white shark reveals huge nursery near NYC in scientific first”, in National Geographic:

(US, regional) The menhaden, any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium.


babka

babeczka (diminutive)
babka (nominative singular)
babki (nominative plural)
babki (genitive singular)
babek (genitive plural)
babce (dative singular)
babkom (dative plural)
babkę (accusative singular)
babki (accusative plural)
babką (instrumental singular)
babkami (instrumental plural)
babce (locative singular)
babkach (locative plural)
babko (singular vocative)
babki (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish babka. By surface analysis, baba + -ka.

goby (any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae)

(obsolete) type of old, small Polish currency

(obsolete) die used in a particular children's game


barbo

barbel (freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae)


barbo

barbel (any freshwater fish of the genus Barbus)


cardinal tetra

A freshwater fish (Paracheirodon axelrodi, family Characidae), native to rivers in South America, popular as an aquarium fish.


kilka

kilka (nominative singular)
kilki (nominative plural)
kilki (genitive singular)
kilek (genitive plural)
kilce (dative singular)
kilkom (dative plural)
kilkę (accusative singular)
kilki (accusative plural)
kilką (instrumental singular)
kilkami (instrumental plural)
kilce (locative singular)
kilkach (locative plural)
kilko (singular vocative)
kilki (plural vocative)

any clupeid fish of the genus Clupeonella


herring

From Middle English hering, from Old English hǣring, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring (“herring”), further etymology unknown. Possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”) + -ing, due to the similarity of their fine bones to hair. Cognate with Scots hering, haring (“herring”), Saterland Frisian Hiering, Häiring (“herring”), West Frisian hjerring (“herring”), Dutch haring (“herring”), German Low German Hereng, Hering (“herring”), German Hering (“herring”), Bavarian Haring (“herring”). Late Latin haringus (whence French hareng, etc.) is borrowed from Germanic.

Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.

Fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.


minnow

The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe (“small fish; (specifically) common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus); or stickleback (possibly the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus)”), from Old English *mynwe, an oblique form of *mynu, a variant of myne (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”). Possibly influenced by Anglo-Norman menu (“small”) and Old French menu (“small”), and English minim (“anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like”).
The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.
cognates
* Middle Low German mone, möne (Dutch meun, West Frisian meun)
* Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (modern German Münne (“minnow”))
* Latin mēna (“small sea-fish”)

cog

Most minnows are small fish with cycloid scales, soft rays supporting their fins, and toothless jaws. Some possess barbels on their upper jaw, and many species develop nuptial tubercles during the breeding season. […] Minnows are arguably the most difficult group of freshwater fishes to identify, in part because they are often small and thus the characters distinguishing them are correspondingly small.

2004, Robert G. Werner, “Carps and Minnows: Family Cyprinidae”, in Freshwater Fishes of the Northeastern United States: A Field Guide, Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 74:

Phoxinus phoxinus
Phoxinus phoxinus#Translingual

The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.

Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae; also (chiefly US), other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families.

karppi

any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae; other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families

galaxiid

(Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of galaxiid (“any member of the family Galaxiidae of mostly small freshwater fish of the Southern Hemisphere”); specifically, the common galaxias, inanga, or jollytail (Galaxias maculatus).

In quiet, sheltered places, where the water is clear but does not run too swiftly, the ‘minnie,’ as the stickleback is locally called, makes its nest by the bank. […] On these fibres the ova are deposited, and they are then either purposely partly covered with sand by the minnie, or else the particles that are brought down by the current gather over the bundle of fibres and conceal it, excepting one small spot.

1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter XIX, in Wild Life in a Southern County […], London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 356:

(British, regional) Synonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).


säga

säga (genitive)
säga (partitive)
säga (nominative singular)
sägad (nominative plural)
säga (accusative nominative singular)
sägad (accusative nominative plural)
säga (accusative genitive singular)
sägad (accusative genitive plural)
säga (genitive singular)
sägade (genitive plural)
säga (partitive singular)
sägasid (partitive plural)
säkka (illative singular)
sägasse (illative singular)
sägadesse (illative plural)
sägas (inessive singular)
sägades (inessive plural)
sägast (elative singular)
sägadest (elative plural)
sägale (allative singular)
sägadele (allative plural)
sägal (adessive singular)
sägadel (adessive plural)
sägalt (ablative singular)
sägadelt (ablative plural)
sägaks (singular translative)
sägadeks (plural translative)
sägani (singular terminative)
sägadeni (plural terminative)
sägana (essive singular)
sägadena (essive plural)
sägata (abessive singular)
sägadeta (abessive plural)
sägaga (comitative singular)
sägadega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *säkä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäkä. Cognate with Northern Mansi [script needed] (siɣ, “burbot”).


Nase

de-noun

Nase f (genitive Nase, plural Nasen, diminutive Näschen n or Näslein n)

Nase (genitive)
Nasen (plural)
Näschen (diminutive neuter)
Näslein (diminutive neuter)
Nase (nominative singular)
Nasen (definite nominative plural)
Nase (genitive singular)
Nasen (definite genitive plural)
Nase (dative singular)
Nasen (dative definite plural)
Nase (accusative singular)
Nasen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German nase, from Old High German nasa, from Proto-West Germanic *nasu, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.
Compare Low German Nees, Norwegian nese, English nose.


sábalo

From Gaulish *sabŏlos, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).


flying fox

Australian Kriol: flain foks

The cyprinid fish Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus.


teleskop

teleskop (nominative singular)
teleskopy (nominative plural)
teleskopa (genitive singular)
teleskopów (genitive plural)
teleskopowi (dative singular)
teleskopom (dative plural)
teleskopa (accusative singular)
teleskopy (accusative plural)
teleskopem (instrumental singular)
teleskopami (instrumental plural)
teleskopie (locative singular)
teleskopach (locative plural)
teleskopie (singular vocative)
teleskopy (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”); from τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”).


asp

From Middle English aspe, from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis, aspidis (“asp, viper; shield”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra Naja haje”); compare Middle English aspide.

der

A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).

A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).


asp

Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (2009 asp 9)

Act of the Scottish Parliament
w:Act of the Scottish Parliament

(UK, law, in citation) Initialism of Act of the Scottish Parliament.


asp

From Old Norse ǫsp, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp- (“aspen, poplar”).


金魚

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y³⁵/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y²¹/

/kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

/kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

/kim³³ ᵑɡui³³⁻³³⁵/

/kim²⁴ ŋ̍¹¹/

/t͡ɕiŋ¹¹ y¹¹/

/kʰeiŋ⁵⁴ ŋy³³/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² hi¹³/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/

/kim³³⁻²¹ hu²³/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/

/t͡ɕin³³ y¹³/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y³⁵/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y²¹/

/kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

/kɐm⁵⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

/kim³³ ᵑɡui³³⁻³³⁵/

/kim²⁴ ŋ̍¹¹/

/t͡ɕiŋ¹¹ y¹¹/

/kʰeiŋ⁵⁴ ŋy³³/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² hi¹³/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hi²³/

/kim³³⁻²¹ hu²³/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²⁴/

/t͡ɕin³³ y¹³/

The goldfish is one of the three famous kinds of ornamental fish in the world.

Jīnyú shì shìjiè zhùmíng sān dà guānshǎng yúlèi zhīyī.

金魚是世界著名三大觀賞魚類之一。

金鱼是世界著名三大观赏鱼类之一。


金魚

金魚 (canonical)
金魚 (canonical)
kingyo (romanization)


Barbe

Barbe (genitive)
Barben (plural)
Barbe (nominative singular)
Barben (definite nominative plural)
Barbe (genitive singular)
Barben (definite genitive plural)
Barbe (dative singular)
Barben (dative definite plural)
Barbe (accusative singular)
Barben (accusative definite plural)


alice

From Latin allēc (“fish sauce”), or alternatively from hallex, hallecem.


jew

The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151


jew

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of d' you, representing colloquial English.

How jew do that? ("How'd you do that?")

Pronunciation spelling of 'd you, representing colloquial English.


acciuga

Borrowed from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē, from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Engraulis encrasicolus
Engraulis encrasicolus#Translingual

anchovy (any of the fish in the family Engraulidae family), particularly European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)


nase

[…] “With respect to fishes,” says Professor Rütimeyer, “many species were found which are now the most abundant in our lakes and rivers.” The following are mentioned:— The salmon (Salmo salar, Lin.), the pike (Esox lucius. Lin.), the perch (Perca fluviatilis, Lin.), the carp (Cyprinus carpio, Lin.), the dace (Cyprinus leuciscus, Lin.), the chub (Cyprinus dobula, Nilss.), the nase (Chondrostoma nasus, [Lin.] Agass.), the burbot (Lita vulgaris, Jen.), and the rud (Scardinius erythrophthalmus, [Lin.] Bon.).

1885, Charles Rau, Prehistoric Fishing in Europe and North America. Archæological Researches in Nicaragua (Smithsonian contributions to knowledge; XXV), City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, pages 45–46:

Any of the genus Chondrostoma of freshwater potamodromous fishes.

скобар

any of the genus Chondrostoma of freshwater potamodromous fishes


sardine

en-verb

sardine (third-person singular simple present sardines, present participle sardining, simple past and past participle sardined)

sardines (present singular third-person)
sardining (participle present)
sardined (participle past)
sardined (past)

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

No one on Monhegan says they saw them, but a man sardining says he saw it headed there, or at least some boat with people atop it.

1997, Peter Landesman, The raven: a novel:


sardine

→ English: sardine
→ Welsh: sardîn

Les sardines sont ailleurs l’aliment du peuple ; celles que nous prenons aux environs de Phalère mériteraient d’être servies à la table des dieux, surtout quand on ne les laisse qu’un instant dans l’huile.

1788, Jean-Jacques_Barthélemy, Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce:

The pilchards taken in other countries are the food of the common people ; those we catch in the vicinity of Phalerum are worthly of the table of the gods, especially when left to steep only for a moment in boiling oil.


Minn

From earlier *müne, from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu. Compare Luxembourgish Minn (etymology 3), English minnow, German Möhne, Münne, Dutch meun.

Leuciscus cephalus
Leuciscus cephalus#Translingual

Squalius cephalus
Squalius cephalus#Translingual

European chub (Leuciscus cephalus, now Squalius cephalus)


tetra

From translingual Tetragonopterus, an obsolete genus that included these fish.

Among them were ancient relatives of the piranhas and those popular aquarium fish the tetras, along with garfish and freshwater coelacanths, known as mawsonids.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 32:

Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.


tetra

tetra (nominative singular)
tetry (nominative plural)
tetry (genitive singular)
tetr (genitive plural)
tetrze (dative singular)
tetrom (dative plural)
tetrę (accusative singular)
tetry (accusative plural)
tetrą (instrumental singular)
tetrami (instrumental plural)
tetrze (locative singular)
tetrach (locative plural)
tetro (singular vocative)
tetry (plural vocative)


rapa

rapa (nominative singular)
rapy (nominative plural)
rapy (genitive singular)
rap (genitive plural)
rapie (dative singular)
rapom (dative plural)
rapę (accusative singular)
rapy (accusative plural)
rapą (instrumental singular)
rapami (instrumental plural)
rapie (locative singular)
rapach (locative plural)
rapo (singular vocative)
rapy (plural vocative)

Perhaps borrowed from German Rapfen. Doublet of rap.

asp (Aspius aspius, syn. Leuciscus aspius)


menhaden

From Narragansett munnawhatteaug (“they fertilize”), influenced by poghaden.

uder

Divergence of the largescaled menhadens from the small-scaled menhadens resulted either from geographic isolation or different habitat preferences.

1970, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: Biological sciences, Florida State Museum:

Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.

步魚

fish of the genera Brevoortia or Ethmidium


Ukelei

de-noun

Ukelei m (strong, genitive Ukeleis or Ukelei, plural Ukelei or Ukeleie or Ukeleis)

Ukeleis (genitive)
Ukelei (genitive)
Ukelei (plural)
Ukeleie (plural)
Ukeleis (plural)
Ukelei (genitive)

From Middle High German, via Old Sorbian *ukleja from Proto-Slavic *uklěja.


Zitteraal

Zitteraal m (strong, genitive Zitteraals or Zitteraales, plural Zitteraale)

Zitteraals (genitive)
Zitteraales (genitive)
Zitteraale (plural)
Zitteraal (nominative singular)
Zitteraale (definite nominative plural)
Zitteraals (genitive singular)
Zitteraales (genitive singular)
Zitteraale (definite genitive plural)
Zitteraal (dative singular)
Zitteraale (dative singular)
Zitteraalen (dative definite plural)
Zitteraal (accusative singular)
Zitteraale (accusative definite plural)

18th century, from zittern (“to tremble”) + Aal (“eel”), after older Zitterfisch (“electric ray, torpedo”, 16th c., now distinguished as Zitterrochen). Compare Dutch sidderaal.

Electrophorus electricus
Electrophorus electricus#Translingual


jesen

jesen (nominative singular)
jeseni (nominative plural)
jesena (genitive singular)
jesenů (genitive plural)
jesenovi (dative singular)
jesenu (dative singular)
jesenům (dative plural)
jesena (accusative singular)
jeseny (accusative plural)
jesene (singular vocative)
jeseni (plural vocative)
jesenovi (locative singular)
jesenu (locative singular)
jesenech (locative plural)
jesenem (instrumental singular)
jeseny (instrumental plural)


electric eel

(strictly) Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.

naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ atsiniltłʼish ííłʼínígíí


Laternenträger

Laternenträger m (strong, genitive Laternenträgers, plural Laternenträger)

Laternenträgers (genitive)
Laternenträger (plural)
Laternenträger (nominative singular)
Laternenträger (definite nominative plural)
Laternenträgers (genitive singular)
Laternenträger (definite genitive plural)
Laternenträger (dative singular)
Laternenträgern (dative definite plural)
Laternenträger (accusative singular)
Laternenträger (accusative definite plural)

Laterne (“lantern”) + Träger (“carrier”)

af

a kind of fish (Hemigrammus falsei, Hemigrammus mattei).


sprot

nl-noun

sprot m (plural sprotten, diminutive sprotje n)

sprotten (plural)
sprotje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: sprat

Uncertain. Possibly from the root of spruit (“sprout, shoot”).

Sprattus sprattus
Sprattus sprattus#Translingual

sprat (Sprattus sprattus), a small, herring-like fish


pilchard

1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays
He longs occasionally for human diet,
His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.

Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.

sardina

a cigar-shaped fish with a short dorsal fin and forked tail


tench

From Middle English tenche, from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca.

A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.


goby

From Latin gobius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), a type of small fish, of unknown ultimate origin. See also gudgeon.

dwarf goby

Eviota, Knipowitschia, Pandaka, Trimma, Trimmatom spp.

Any of various small fish from the large family Gobiidae, in which the pelvic fins are fused to form a disc-shaped sucker.


sprat

From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout.

Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.

papalinë

any of various small marine fish in the genus Sprattus

Any of various similar fish of other genera.

The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.

1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 90:


sprat

en-verb

sprat (third-person singular simple present sprats, present participle spratting, simple past and past participle spratted)

sprats (present singular third-person)
spratting (participle present)
spratted (participle past)
spratted (past)

[…] spratting the land. This treatment is supplemented by about half a ton of artificial manure, largely made up of a mixture of superphosphate and some nitrogenous manure.

1923, The Agricultural Gazette and Modern Farming, volume 98, page 190:

(transitive, historical) To manure (land) with sprats (the fish).


catfish

en-noun

catfish (countable and uncountable, plural catfish or catfishes)

From cat + fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers. Compare West Frisian katfisk (“catfish”), Dutch katvis (“catfish”). Compare also German Seekatze (“catfish”, literally “sea-cat”).

cog

“You don’t see catfish that big anymore, except in Chernobyl […] Nobody fishes there anymore, so the catfish thrive. They’ve gotten really enormous, some even twelve or thirteen feet long. They’re bottom-feeders, and apparently the mud still contains a lot of radioactive particles, but the catfish don’t seem to mind.”

2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 213:

Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.


catfish

en-verb

catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)

catfishes (present singular third-person)
catfishing (participle present)
catfished (participle past)
catfished (past)

I only use this rod for catfishing.


koi

We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi.

1985 September 2, Joe Klein, quoting Douglas S. Cramer, “The Real Star of ‘Dynasty’”, in New York, page 34:

Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.


gudgeon

The noun is derived from Late Middle English gojoun [and other forms], from Old French gojon, goujon (“gudgeon”), from Late Latin gōbiōnem, the accusative of gōbiō, the augmentative of Latin gōbius (“gudgeon”), from Ancient Greek κωβῐός (kōbiós, “fish of the gudgeon kind”), probably of Semitic origin. The English word is a doublet of goby and goujon.
The verb is derived from the noun.

nb...

gogen, gogeon, gogeorn, gogin, gogyn, gojon, gojone, gojune

flat-headed gudgeon

Butis butis B., Philypnodon grandiceps E.

[...] Ile tell thee more of this another time. / But fiſh not with this melancholy baite, / For this foole gudgin, this opinion: [...]

c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

[...] Make Fools believe in their fore-seeing / Of things before they are in Being; / To swallow Gudgeons ere th' are catch'd, / And count their Chickens ere th' are hatch'd, [...]

1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “The Second Part of Hudibras. Canto III.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 175:

The Gudgeon is reputed a fish of excellent taste, and to be very wholesome: he is of a fine shape, of a silver colour, and beautified with black spots both on his body and tail.

1676, Izaak Walton, “[The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation: Part I […].] Observations of the Gudgeon, the Ruffe, and the Bleak, and How to Fish for Them.”, in Richard Le Gallienne, editor, The Compleat Angler, 5th edition, London; New York, N.Y.: John Lane, The Bodley Head, published 1897, →OCLC, page 199:

You save your souls here, eating cabbage, and think you are the righteous. You eat a gudgeon a day, and you think you bribe God with gudgeon.

1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Why is such a Man Alive?”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov […], New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published 1922, part I, book II (An Unfortunate Gathering), page 73:

A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.

The southern purple-spotted gudgeon [Mogurnda adspersa] can be hard to find. Although colourful, they are thin and only grow up to 12 centimetres.

2012 October 5, Nicola Gage, “Murray Showing Signs of Recovery”, in ABC News, Sydney, N.S.W., archived from the original on 2019-11-01:

(Australia) Any of various similar small fish of the family Eleotridae, often used as bait.

Butidae

yellowbelly gudgeon (Allomogurnda nesolepis) E.

Other fish, similar in appearance, principally in families Butidae and Eleotridae, but also in others.


darter

Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552

(US)

Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.

Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.

Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae

(UK) Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum


zope

The absolute fecundity of zopes on first maturing (at the age of 5 years) was less than that of those spawning for the second time.[…]On comparison of the fecundity of zopes of the same size and different age the data obtained proved contradictory to some extent.

1969, Problems of Ichthyology, American Fisheries Society, pages 390–391:

Before catching, more than half zopes, sandres and perches feed actively.

1974, B.S. Kuzin, editor, Biological and Hydrological Factors of Local Movements of Fish in Reservoirs, New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co., page 300:

A fish of species Ballerus ballerus (syn. Abramis ballerus) native to Eurasia.


tumba

From Spanish tumbar. Cognate with Tagalog tumba.


tumba

any of two cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines


white bream

en-noun

white bream (plural white breams or white bream)

white breams (plural)
white bream (plural)

A European species of fish in the Cyprinidae family (Blicca bjoerkna, syn. Abramis bjoerkna, Cyprinus bjoerkna).


barbel

PIE word
 *bʰardʰéh₂
From Middle English barbel, from Old French barbel, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus.

The Barble fishes, if one of them chance to be engaged, will set the line against their backes, and with a fin they have, toothed like a sharp saw, presently saw and fret the same asunder.

1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera.

(biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.

barbo

whisker-like sensory organs of certain fish


селёдка

ru-noun+

селёдка • (seljódka) f anim (genitive селёдки, nominative plural селёдки, genitive plural селёдок, diminutive селёдочка)

seljódka (romanization)
селёдки (genitive)
селёдки (nominative plural)
селёдок (genitive plural)
селёдочка (diminutive)
селёдка (nominative singular)
селёдки (nominative plural)
селёдки (genitive singular)
селёдок (genitive plural)
селёдке (dative singular)
селёдкам (dative plural)
селёдку (accusative singular)
селёдок (accusative plural)
селёдкой (instrumental singular)
селёдкою (instrumental singular)
селёдками (instrumental plural)
селёдке (prepositional singular)
селёдках (plural prepositional)

[sʲɪˈlʲɵtkə]

Ru-селёдка.ogg


сельдь

сельдь • (selʹdʹ) f anim (genitive се́льди, nominative plural се́льди, genitive plural сельде́й)

selʹdʹ (romanization)
се́льди (genitive)
се́льди (nominative plural)
сельде́й (genitive plural)
се́льдь (nominative singular)
се́льди (nominative plural)
се́льди (genitive singular)
сельде́й (genitive plural)
се́льди (dative singular)
сельдя́м (dative plural)
се́льдь (accusative singular)
сельде́й (accusative plural)
се́льдью (instrumental singular)
сельдя́ми (instrumental plural)
се́льди (prepositional singular)
сельдя́х (plural prepositional)

Inherited from Old East Slavic сельдь (selĭdĭ) (1497), from earlier *сьлдь (*sĭldĭ), from Old Norse síld. Compare Belarusian селядзе́ц (sjeljadzjéc), Ukrainian оселе́дець (oselédecʹ).

inh+

как се́льди в бо́чке

Мо́ре у за́падного бе́рега Сахали́на в э́ти дни буква́льно кипи́т от ма́ссы се́льди, вода́ стано́вится бе́лой от выпуска́емых се́льдью моло́к.

1952, “Рыба. Сахалинская и охотская сельдь”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):

Móre u západnovo bérega Saxalína v éti dni bukválʹno kipít ot mássy sélʹdi, vodá stanóvitsja béloj ot vypuskájemyx sélʹdʹju molók.


breme

Borrowed from Old French bresme. See French brème.


tras

Barbodes tras; a cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines


avat

avați (plural)
avat (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
avatul (accusative definite nominative singular)
avați (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
avații (accusative definite nominative plural)
avat (indefinite singular)
avatului (definite singular)
avați (indefinite plural)
avaților (definite plural)
avatule (singular vocative)
avaților (plural vocative)


grassy

Grass carp wise the best bit of advice I can give anyone is to ‘make them fight’ in the water. […] These days when a grassy comes to the net if it hasn’t done much I prod it with the net rather than netting them. This usually spooks them into battle.

2014, Shaun Harrison, “Comment section of ‘Handling cold water carp’”, in AnglingLines.com, archived from the original on 2015-03-19:

It had to be the grassy I was here to find.

2018, Drew Ross, “Grass Carp: Chasing the Eat”, in FlyLords.com, archived from the original on 2020-10-24:

2022, MidwestCarpFisherman, “Glorious 28 pound grassy! New grass carp PR by 10 pounds. Saltillo, Mississippi.”, in Reddit.com, archived from the original on 2022-03-21

(recreational fishing) Alternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”).


rodeo

bitterling (any fish of the genus Rhodeus)


hito

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hituq.


hito

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hituq. Compare Pangasinan ito, Kapampangan itu, Bikol Central hito, Cebuano hito, and Maranao ito.


birk

From Middle English birk, birke, byrke, a northern variant of Middle English birche (“birch”). More at birch.
(tree): Cognate with Scots birk.

Shadows of the silver birk / Sweep the green that folds thy grave.

1842, Alfred Tennyson, “A Dirge”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza I, page 56:


lin

lin (nominative singular)
liny (nominative plural)
lina (genitive singular)
linów (genitive plural)
linowi (dative singular)
linom (dative plural)
lina (accusative singular)
liny (accusative plural)
linem (instrumental singular)
linami (instrumental plural)
linie (locative singular)
linach (locative plural)
linie (singular vocative)
liny (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *linъ, further etymology uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *linjati, see Russian линь (linʹ).


lin

lini (plural)
lin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
linul (accusative definite nominative singular)
lini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
linii (accusative definite nominative plural)
lin (indefinite singular)
linului (definite singular)
lini (indefinite plural)
linilor (definite plural)
linule (singular vocative)
linilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Bulgarian лин (lin), from Proto-Slavic *linъ.


rasbora

Any similar fish formerly classified in that genus.


잉어

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 리ᇰ〯어 (Yale: lǐngè).
Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 이어 (鯉魚, ieo, “carp fish”). Due to its compounded position, the form has been able to preserve the /ŋ-/ initial of the Middle Chinese reading of 魚 (MC ngjo), which is lost in standard Sino-Korean.


멸치

[mjʌ̹ʎt͡ɕʰi]

In particular, the Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus)


karp

karpik (diminutive)
karp (nominative singular)
karpie (nominative plural)
karpia (genitive singular)
karpi (genitive plural)
karpiowi (dative singular)
karpiom (dative plural)
karpia (accusative singular)
karpie (accusative plural)
karpiem (instrumental singular)
karpiami (instrumental plural)
karpiu (locative singular)
karpiach (locative plural)
karpiu (singular vocative)
karpie (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Karpfen, from Middle High German karpfe, from Old High German karpho.

Cyprinus carpio
Cyprinus carpio#Translingual


karp

From Middle Low German karpe, from Medieval Latin carpa, of Germanic, but ultimately non-Indo-European origin; see Old High German karpho.


neon tetra

A swarm of thin neon tetra with red bellies and bright blue backs flash by.

2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 270:

Paracheirodon innesi (syn. Hyphessobrycon innesi), a small, tropical American fish, popular as an aquarium fish.


krap

krȁp (canonical masculine)
кра̏п (Cyrillic)
krap (nominative singular)
krapovi (nominative plural)
krapa (genitive singular)
krapova (genitive plural)
krapu (dative singular)
krapovima (dative plural)
krap (accusative singular)
krapove (accusative plural)
krape (singular vocative)
krapovi (plural vocative)
krapu (locative singular)
krapovima (locative plural)
krapom (instrumental singular)
krapovima (instrumental plural)


krap

krȁp (animate canonical masculine)
please help by adding the tonal marks.
kràp (nominative singular)
krápa (dual nominative)
krápi (nominative plural)
krápa (genitive singular)
krápov (dual genitive)
krápov (genitive plural)
krápu (dative singular)
krápoma (dative dual)
krápom (dative plural)
krápa (accusative singular)
krápa (accusative dual)
krápe (accusative plural)
krápu (locative singular)
krápih (dual locative)
krápih (locative plural)
krápom (instrumental singular)
krápoma (dual instrumental)
krápi (instrumental plural)


striped catfish

en-noun

striped catfish (plural striped catfish or striped catfishes)

striped catfish (plural)
striped catfishes (plural)

Plotosus lineatus, a type of eeltail catfish with a long, cylindrical body, black with horizontal white stripes and venomous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins, found in the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific, and invasive in the Mediterranean.


vandoise

Borrowed from Gaulish *wind-ēsyā, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”) + a nominal suffix -ēsyā.


airbreathing catfish

airbreathing catfish (plural airbreathing catfish or airbreathing catfishes)

airbreathing catfish (plural)
airbreathing catfishes (plural)

Any fish of the family Clariidae, which can breathe air for short periods.


ziege

From German Ziege, from Middle High German zige, from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Compare Old Armenian տիկ (tik, “wineskin”), Albanian dhi (“she-goat”), Ishkashimi dec (“goatskin bag”), and further German Zicke, which is cognate with English tick (“goat”).

An edible freshwater fish, Pelecus cultratus, of the order Cypriniformes, with an oblique mouth, a low wavy lateral line and a sharp-edged belly.


pitted tubeshoulder

pitted tubeshoulder (plural pitted tubeshoulders)

The palegold searsid (Maulisia argipalla).


teardrop tubeshoulder

teardrop tubeshoulder (plural teardrop tubeshoulders)

A deep-water ray-finned fish, Holtbyrnia innesi.


shining tubeshoulder

shining tubeshoulder (plural shining tubeshoulders)

A ray-finned fish, Sagamichthys abei, native to the Pacific Ocean.


palegold searsid

palegold searsid (plural palegold searsids)

A deep-water ray-finned fish, Maulisia argipalla.


streaklight tubeshoulder

streaklight tubeshoulder (plural streaklight tubeshoulders)

A dark-colored deep-water ray-finned fish, Holtbyrnia latifrons, found near the coasts of America.


spanner barb

A freshwater, open-water, substrate egg-scatterer fish commonly found in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, Systomus lateristriga syn. Puntius lateristriga.


brilliant rummynose tetra

brilliant rummynose tetra (plural brilliant rummynose tetras)


rummy-nose tetra

rummy-nose tetra (plural rummy-nose tetras)


firehead tetra

A freshwater ray-finned fish, Hemigrammus bleheri, native to South America.


White Cloud Mountain minnow

White Cloud Mountain minnow (plural White Cloud Mountain minnows)

After the White Cloud Mountain in Canton, China. The Latin name is in honour of Tan, a boy scout who first discovered the minnows in the 1950s and brought them to the attention of ichthyologist Lin Shu Yen.

A popular aquarium fish, Tanichthys albonubes.


neon fish

neon fish (plural neon fishes or neon fish)


Hering

de-noun

Hering m (strong, genitive Heringes or Herings, plural Heringe)

Heringes (genitive)
Herings (genitive)
Heringe (plural)
Hering (nominative singular)
Heringe (definite nominative plural)
Heringes (genitive singular)
Herings (genitive singular)
Heringe (definite genitive plural)
Hering (dative singular)
Heringe (dative singular)
Heringen (dative definite plural)
Hering (accusative singular)
Heringe (accusative definite plural)

→ Estonian: heeringas

→ Hungarian: hering

→ Macedonian: харинга (haringa)

→ Romanian: hering

→ Serbo-Croatian: haringa

From Middle High German hærinc, herinc, from Old High German hārinc, herinc, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring, *haring, perhaps from a substrate language.


Hasel

Hasel m (strong, genitive Hasels, plural Hasel)

Hasels (genitive)
Hasel (plural)
Hasel (nominative singular)
Hasel (definite nominative plural)
Hasels (genitive singular)
Hasel (definite genitive plural)
Hasel (dative singular)
Haseln (dative definite plural)
Hasel (accusative singular)
Hasel (accusative definite plural)

Inherited from Middle High German hasel, from Old High German hasala f.


sardina

desc

→ Tunisian Arabic: سردينة (sardīna, “sardine, Sardina pilchardus”)

→ German: Sardine

Sardina pilchardus
Sardina pilchardus#Translingual


Karpfen

de-noun

Karpfen m (strong, genitive Karpfens, plural Karpfen, diminutive Kärpfchen n or Kärpflein n)

Karpfens (genitive)
Karpfen (plural)
Kärpfchen (diminutive neuter)
Kärpflein (diminutive neuter)
Karpfen (nominative singular)
Karpfen (definite nominative plural)
Karpfens (genitive singular)
Karpfen (definite genitive plural)
Karpfen (dative singular)
Karpfen (dative definite plural)
Karpfen (accusative singular)
Karpfen (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German karpfe, from Old High German karpho. The Central German form Karpe(n) was widespread in earlier modern German (well into the 19th century and well into Upper German territory). This may be a reason why the form has not been simplified to *Karfen, it being the only word in modern standard German in which -rpf- has not been simplified to -rf-. Further origin unsettled; compare English carp for more.


bullhead

(Canada, US) any of a variety of related species of generally dark-colored catfish in the family Ictaluridae.

(Canada, US) The black bullhead, Ameiurus melas.

(Canada, US) The brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.

(Canada, US) The yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis.

(New Zealand) A fish of species Gobiomorphus gobioides.


silver dollar

Several species of tropical freshwater fish of the genus Metynnis, of the family Characidae or Serrasalmidae, of which Metynnis argenteus is one; popular for aquariums; so named from their shape and flashing silver color.


carpe

From Late Latin carpa, probably from a language of eastern Europe.


carpe

From Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa).


corydoras

Any of the genus Corydoras of small freshwater tropical catfish often kept in aquariums.


silver bream

Blicca bjoerkna (white bream), a freshwater species of cyprinids from Europe and Western Asia.


fathead

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fathead.wav

California sheephead
California sheephead

A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.


mahseer

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.


Cyprinidae

A taxonomic family within the order Cypriniformes – carps and minnows.

(family): Acheilognathinae, Barbinae, Cultrinae, Cyprininae, Danioninae, Garrinae, Gobioninae, Hypophthalmichthyinae, Leuciscinae, Rasborinae, Schizothoracinae, Xenocypridinae - subfamilies

Cyprinidae on Wikispecies for the genera

including many not yet assigned to subfamilies


haring

nl-noun

haring m (plural haringen, diminutive harinkje n)

haringen (plural)
harinkje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: haring

Negerhollands: heriṅ

→ Caribbean Hindustani: eleng

→ Papiamentu: hering

From Middle Dutch hârinc, from Old Dutch *hāring, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.

Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus#Translingual


whitefish

en-noun

whitefish (plural whitefishes or whitefish)

Bear Lake whitefish Prosopium abyssicola

Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.


squeaker

An animal that squeaks.
Any of genus Synodontis, of catfish.


greenie

From green + -ie. Environmentalist sense first attested in Australia in 1973, referring to trade unionists who supported green bans.


appaloosa

Ellipsis of Appaloosa cat, Apaloosa catfish.
Shortening of "Appaloosa cat" (itself a shortening of "Apaloosa catfish"), after the Appaloosa (Opelousa) tribe which resided in Louisiana. The tribe's name is Choctaw, the second element of it being losa (“black”); the first element is variously supposed to be a term for "head" or "skull", "leggings", "moccasins", or "body".

ellipsis

A big fish wends its way towards the shape the light makes, stops and sucks at air. Mottled brown and black, with a pink, appaloosa mouth.

2005, David Francis, The Great Inland Sea, page 141:

On a two-day camp out at Red Bluff on the Angelina River in East Texas, we had out twelve trotlines, fishing for mud, appaloosa, blue and channel catfish.

2008, Harry Noble, Me and Burnice: A Simpler Time, page 167:


сом

ru-noun+

сом • (som) m anim (genitive сома́, nominative plural сомы́, genitive plural сомо́в)

som (romanization)
сома́ (genitive)
сомы́ (nominative plural)
сомо́в (genitive plural)
со́м (nominative singular)
сомы́ (nominative plural)
сома́ (genitive singular)
сомо́в (genitive plural)
сому́ (dative singular)
сома́м (dative plural)
сома́ (accusative singular)
сомо́в (accusative plural)
сомо́м (instrumental singular)
сома́ми (instrumental plural)
соме́ (prepositional singular)
сома́х (plural prepositional)

Белу́гу и другу́ю кра́сную ры́бу, а та́кже сома́ лу́чше вари́ть це́лым куско́м и ре́зать на по́рции пе́ред пода́чей на стол.

1939, “Рыба. Отварная рыба. Белуга отварная”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва, Ленинград: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):

Belúgu i drugúju krásnuju rýbu, a tákže somá lúčše varítʹ célym kuskóm i rézatʹ na pórcii péred podáčej na stol.


сом

uk-noun

сом • (som) m animal (genitive со́ма, nominative plural со́ми, genitive plural со́мів)

som (romanization)
со́ма (genitive)
со́ми (nominative plural)
со́мів (genitive plural)
сом (nominative singular)
со́ми (nominative plural)
со́ма (genitive singular)
со́мів (genitive plural)
со́мові (dative singular)
со́му (dative singular)
со́мам (dative plural)
со́ма (accusative singular)
со́ми (accusative plural)
со́мів (accusative plural)
со́мом (instrumental singular)
со́мами (instrumental plural)
со́мові (locative singular)
со́мі (locative singular)
со́мах (locative plural)
со́ме (singular vocative)
со́ми (plural vocative)


sailfish

en-noun

sailfish (plural sailfishes or sailfish)

A fish of the genus Istiophorus, having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back.


luku

luku (nominative singular)
luut (nominative plural)
luun (genitive singular)
lukkuin (genitive plural)
lukuloin (genitive plural)
lukkua (partitive singular)
lukuja (partitive plural)
lukuloja (partitive plural)
lukkuu (illative singular)
lukkui (illative plural)
lukuloihe (illative plural)
luus (inessive singular)
luuis (inessive plural)
lukulois (inessive plural)
luust (elative singular)
luuist (elative plural)
lukuloist (elative plural)
luulle (allative singular)
luuille (allative plural)
lukuloille (allative plural)
luul (adessive singular)
luuil (adessive plural)
lukuloil (adessive plural)
luult (ablative singular)
luuilt (ablative plural)
lukuloilt (ablative plural)
luuks (singular translative)
luuiks (plural translative)
lukuloiks (plural translative)
lukunna (essive singular)
lukkuun (essive singular)
lukuinna (essive plural)
lukuloinna (essive plural)
lukkuin (essive plural)
lukuloin (essive plural)
lukunt (exessive singular)
lukuint (exessive plural)
lukuloint (exessive plural)

From Proto-Finnic *luku, equivalent to lukkia (“to read; to count; to cast a (good) spell on”) + -u. Cognates include Finnish luku and Veps lugu.

suffix

Miä möin kaks lukkua.

I sold ten herrings. (literally, “I sold twice five herrings.”)

A unit of measure equal to five herrings.


sähköankerias

sähköankerias (nominative singular)
sähköankeriaat (nominative plural)
sähköankerias (accusative nominative singular)
sähköankeriaat (accusative nominative plural)
sähköankeriaan (accusative genitive singular)
sähköankeriaat (accusative genitive plural)
sähköankeriaan (genitive singular)
sähköankeriaiden (genitive plural)
sähköankeriaitten (genitive plural)
sähköankeriasten (genitive plural rare)
sähköankeriasta (partitive singular)
sähköankeriaita (partitive plural)
sähköankeriaassa (inessive singular)
sähköankeriaissa (inessive plural)
sähköankeriaasta (elative singular)
sähköankeriaista (elative plural)
sähköankeriaaseen (illative singular)
sähköankeriaisiin (illative plural)
sähköankeriaihin (illative plural rare)
sähköankeriaalla (adessive singular)
sähköankeriailla (adessive plural)
sähköankeriaalta (ablative singular)
sähköankeriailta (ablative plural)
sähköankeriaalle (allative singular)
sähköankeriaille (allative plural)
sähköankeriaana (essive singular)
sähköankeriaina (essive plural)
sähköankeriaaksi (singular translative)
sähköankeriaiksi (plural translative)
sähköankeriaatta (abessive singular)
sähköankeriaitta (abessive plural)
sähköankeriain (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
sähköankeriaani (nominative singular)
sähköankeriaani (nominative plural)
sähköankeriaani (accusative nominative singular)
sähköankeriaani (accusative nominative plural)
sähköankeriaani (accusative genitive singular)
sähköankeriaani (accusative genitive plural)
sähköankeriaani (genitive singular)
sähköankeriaideni (genitive plural)
sähköankeriaitteni (genitive plural)
sähköankeriasteni (genitive plural rare)
sähköankeriastani (partitive singular)
sähköankeriaitani (partitive plural)
sähköankeriaassani (inessive singular)
sähköankeriaissani (inessive plural)
sähköankeriaastani (elative singular)
sähköankeriaistani (elative plural)
sähköankeriaaseeni (illative singular)
sähköankeriaisiini (illative plural)
sähköankeriaihini (illative plural rare)
sähköankeriaallani (adessive singular)
sähköankeriaillani (adessive plural)
sähköankeriaaltani (ablative singular)
sähköankeriailtani (ablative plural)
sähköankeriaalleni (allative singular)
sähköankeriailleni (allative plural)
sähköankeriaanani (essive singular)
sähköankeriainani (essive plural)
sähköankeriaakseni (singular translative)
sähköankeriaikseni (plural translative)
sähköankeriaattani (abessive singular)
sähköankeriaittani (abessive plural)
sähköankeriaineni (comitative plural)
sähköankeriaasi (nominative singular)
sähköankeriaasi (nominative plural)
sähköankeriaasi (accusative nominative singular)
sähköankeriaasi (accusative nominative plural)
sähköankeriaasi (accusative genitive singular)
sähköankeriaasi (accusative genitive plural)
sähköankeriaasi (genitive singular)
sähköankeriaidesi (genitive plural)
sähköankeriaittesi (genitive plural)
sähköankeriastesi (genitive plural rare)
sähköankeriastasi (partitive singular)
sähköankeriaitasi (partitive plural)
sähköankeriaassasi (inessive singular)
sähköankeriaissasi (inessive plural)
sähköankeriaastasi (elative singular)
sähköankeriaistasi (elative plural)
sähköankeriaaseesi (illative singular)
sähköankeriaisiisi (illative plural)
sähköankeriaihisi (illative plural rare)
sähköankeriaallasi (adessive singular)
sähköankeriaillasi (adessive plural)
sähköankeriaaltasi (ablative singular)
sähköankeriailtasi (ablative plural)
sähköankeriaallesi (allative singular)
sähköankeriaillesi (allative plural)
sähköankeriaanasi (essive singular)
sähköankeriainasi (essive plural)
sähköankeriaaksesi (singular translative)
sähköankeriaiksesi (plural translative)
sähköankeriaattasi (abessive singular)
sähköankeriaittasi (abessive plural)
sähköankeriainesi (comitative plural)
sähköankeriaamme (nominative singular)
sähköankeriaamme (nominative plural)
sähköankeriaamme (accusative nominative singular)
sähköankeriaamme (accusative nominative plural)
sähköankeriaamme (accusative genitive singular)
sähköankeriaamme (accusative genitive plural)
sähköankeriaamme (genitive singular)
sähköankeriaidemme (genitive plural)
sähköankeriaittemme (genitive plural)
sähköankeriastemme (genitive plural rare)
sähköankeriastamme (partitive singular)
sähköankeriaitamme (partitive plural)
sähköankeriaassamme (inessive singular)
sähköankeriaissamme (inessive plural)
sähköankeriaastamme (elative singular)
sähköankeriaistamme (elative plural)
sähköankeriaaseemme (illative singular)
sähköankeriaisiimme (illative plural)
sähköankeriaihimme (illative plural rare)
sähköankeriaallamme (adessive singular)
sähköankeriaillamme (adessive plural)
sähköankeriaaltamme (ablative singular)
sähköankeriailtamme (ablative plural)
sähköankeriaallemme (allative singular)
sähköankeriaillemme (allative plural)
sähköankeriaanamme (essive singular)
sähköankeriainamme (essive plural)
sähköankeriaaksemme (singular translative)
sähköankeriaiksemme (plural translative)
sähköankeriaattamme (abessive singular)
sähköankeriaittamme (abessive plural)
sähköankeriainemme (comitative plural)
sähköankeriaanne (nominative singular)
sähköankeriaanne (nominative plural)
sähköankeriaanne (accusative nominative singular)
sähköankeriaanne (accusative nominative plural)
sähköankeriaanne (accusative genitive singular)
sähköankeriaanne (accusative genitive plural)
sähköankeriaanne (genitive singular)
sähköankeriaidenne (genitive plural)
sähköankeriaittenne (genitive plural)
sähköankeriastenne (genitive plural rare)
sähköankeriastanne (partitive singular)
sähköankeriaitanne (partitive plural)
sähköankeriaassanne (inessive singular)
sähköankeriaissanne (inessive plural)
sähköankeriaastanne (elative singular)
sähköankeriaistanne (elative plural)
sähköankeriaaseenne (illative singular)
sähköankeriaisiinne (illative plural)
sähköankeriaihinne (illative plural rare)
sähköankeriaallanne (adessive singular)
sähköankeriaillanne (adessive plural)
sähköankeriaaltanne (ablative singular)
sähköankeriailtanne (ablative plural)
sähköankeriaallenne (allative singular)
sähköankeriaillenne (allative plural)
sähköankeriaananne (essive singular)
sähköankeriainanne (essive plural)
sähköankeriaaksenne (singular translative)
sähköankeriaiksenne (plural translative)
sähköankeriaattanne (abessive singular)
sähköankeriaittanne (abessive plural)
sähköankeriainenne (comitative plural)
sähköankeriaansa (nominative singular)
sähköankeriaansa (nominative plural)
sähköankeriaansa (accusative nominative singular)
sähköankeriaansa (accusative nominative plural)
sähköankeriaansa (accusative genitive singular)
sähköankeriaansa (accusative genitive plural)
sähköankeriaansa (genitive singular)
sähköankeriaidensa (genitive plural)
sähköankeriaittensa (genitive plural)
sähköankeriastensa (genitive plural rare)
sähköankeriastaan (partitive singular)
sähköankeriastansa (partitive singular)
sähköankeriaitaan (partitive plural)
sähköankeriaitansa (partitive plural)
sähköankeriaassaan (inessive singular)
sähköankeriaassansa (inessive singular)
sähköankeriaissaan (inessive plural)
sähköankeriaissansa (inessive plural)
sähköankeriaastaan (elative singular)
sähköankeriaastansa (elative singular)
sähköankeriaistaan (elative plural)
sähköankeriaistansa (elative plural)
sähköankeriaaseensa (illative singular)
sähköankeriaisiinsa (illative plural)
sähköankeriaihinsa (illative plural rare)
sähköankeriaallaan (adessive singular)
sähköankeriaallansa (adessive singular)
sähköankeriaillaan (adessive plural)
sähköankeriaillansa (adessive plural)
sähköankeriaaltaan (ablative singular)
sähköankeriaaltansa (ablative singular)
sähköankeriailtaan (ablative plural)
sähköankeriailtansa (ablative plural)
sähköankeriaalleen (allative singular)
sähköankeriaallensa (allative singular)
sähköankeriailleen (allative plural)
sähköankeriaillensa (allative plural)
sähköankeriaanaan (essive singular)
sähköankeriaanansa (essive singular)
sähköankeriainaan (essive plural)
sähköankeriainansa (essive plural)
sähköankeriaakseen (singular translative)
sähköankeriaaksensa (singular translative)
sähköankeriaikseen (plural translative)
sähköankeriaiksensa (plural translative)
sähköankeriaattaan (abessive singular)
sähköankeriaattansa (abessive singular)
sähköankeriaittaan (abessive plural)
sähköankeriaittansa (abessive plural)
sähköankeriaineen (comitative plural)
sähköankeriainensa (comitative plural)

[ˈs̠æhk̟ø̞ˌɑ̝ŋk̟e̞ˌriɑ̝s̠]


säkiä

säkiä (nominative singular)
säkiät (nominative plural)
säkiä (accusative nominative singular)
säkiät (accusative nominative plural)
säkiän (accusative genitive singular)
säkiät (accusative genitive plural)
säkiän (genitive singular)
säkiöiden (genitive plural)
säkiöitten (genitive plural)
säkiäin (genitive plural rare)
säkiää (partitive singular)
säkiöitä (partitive plural)
säkiässä (inessive singular)
säkiöissä (inessive plural)
säkiästä (elative singular)
säkiöistä (elative plural)
säkiään (illative singular)
säkiöihin (illative plural)
säkiällä (adessive singular)
säkiöillä (adessive plural)
säkiältä (ablative singular)
säkiöiltä (ablative plural)
säkiälle (allative singular)
säkiöille (allative plural)
säkiänä (essive singular)
säkiöinä (essive plural)
säkiäksi (singular translative)
säkiöiksi (plural translative)
säkiättä (abessive singular)
säkiöittä (abessive plural)
säkiöin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
säkiäni (nominative singular)
säkiäni (nominative plural)
säkiäni (accusative nominative singular)
säkiäni (accusative nominative plural)
säkiäni (accusative genitive singular)
säkiäni (accusative genitive plural)
säkiäni (genitive singular)
säkiöideni (genitive plural)
säkiöitteni (genitive plural)
säkiäini (genitive plural rare)
säkiääni (partitive singular)
säkiöitäni (partitive plural)
säkiässäni (inessive singular)
säkiöissäni (inessive plural)
säkiästäni (elative singular)
säkiöistäni (elative plural)
säkiääni (illative singular)
säkiöihini (illative plural)
säkiälläni (adessive singular)
säkiöilläni (adessive plural)
säkiältäni (ablative singular)
säkiöiltäni (ablative plural)
säkiälleni (allative singular)
säkiöilleni (allative plural)
säkiänäni (essive singular)
säkiöinäni (essive plural)
säkiäkseni (singular translative)
säkiöikseni (plural translative)
säkiättäni (abessive singular)
säkiöittäni (abessive plural)
säkiöineni (comitative plural)
säkiäsi (nominative singular)
säkiäsi (nominative plural)
säkiäsi (accusative nominative singular)
säkiäsi (accusative nominative plural)
säkiäsi (accusative genitive singular)
säkiäsi (accusative genitive plural)
säkiäsi (genitive singular)
säkiöidesi (genitive plural)
säkiöittesi (genitive plural)
säkiäisi (genitive plural rare)
säkiääsi (partitive singular)
säkiöitäsi (partitive plural)
säkiässäsi (inessive singular)
säkiöissäsi (inessive plural)
säkiästäsi (elative singular)
säkiöistäsi (elative plural)
säkiääsi (illative singular)
säkiöihisi (illative plural)
säkiälläsi (adessive singular)
säkiöilläsi (adessive plural)
säkiältäsi (ablative singular)
säkiöiltäsi (ablative plural)
säkiällesi (allative singular)
säkiöillesi (allative plural)
säkiänäsi (essive singular)
säkiöinäsi (essive plural)
säkiäksesi (singular translative)
säkiöiksesi (plural translative)
säkiättäsi (abessive singular)
säkiöittäsi (abessive plural)
säkiöinesi (comitative plural)
säkiämme (nominative singular)
säkiämme (nominative plural)
säkiämme (accusative nominative singular)
säkiämme (accusative nominative plural)
säkiämme (accusative genitive singular)
säkiämme (accusative genitive plural)
säkiämme (genitive singular)
säkiöidemme (genitive plural)
säkiöittemme (genitive plural)
säkiäimme (genitive plural rare)
säkiäämme (partitive singular)
säkiöitämme (partitive plural)
säkiässämme (inessive singular)
säkiöissämme (inessive plural)
säkiästämme (elative singular)
säkiöistämme (elative plural)
säkiäämme (illative singular)
säkiöihimme (illative plural)
säkiällämme (adessive singular)
säkiöillämme (adessive plural)
säkiältämme (ablative singular)
säkiöiltämme (ablative plural)
säkiällemme (allative singular)
säkiöillemme (allative plural)
säkiänämme (essive singular)
säkiöinämme (essive plural)
säkiäksemme (singular translative)
säkiöiksemme (plural translative)
säkiättämme (abessive singular)
säkiöittämme (abessive plural)
säkiöinemme (comitative plural)
säkiänne (nominative singular)
säkiänne (nominative plural)
säkiänne (accusative nominative singular)
säkiänne (accusative nominative plural)
säkiänne (accusative genitive singular)
säkiänne (accusative genitive plural)
säkiänne (genitive singular)
säkiöidenne (genitive plural)
säkiöittenne (genitive plural)
säkiäinne (genitive plural rare)
säkiäänne (partitive singular)
säkiöitänne (partitive plural)
säkiässänne (inessive singular)
säkiöissänne (inessive plural)
säkiästänne (elative singular)
säkiöistänne (elative plural)
säkiäänne (illative singular)
säkiöihinne (illative plural)
säkiällänne (adessive singular)
säkiöillänne (adessive plural)
säkiältänne (ablative singular)
säkiöiltänne (ablative plural)
säkiällenne (allative singular)
säkiöillenne (allative plural)
säkiänänne (essive singular)
säkiöinänne (essive plural)
säkiäksenne (singular translative)
säkiöiksenne (plural translative)
säkiättänne (abessive singular)
säkiöittänne (abessive plural)
säkiöinenne (comitative plural)
säkiänsä (nominative singular)
säkiänsä (nominative plural)
säkiänsä (accusative nominative singular)
säkiänsä (accusative nominative plural)
säkiänsä (accusative genitive singular)
säkiänsä (accusative genitive plural)
säkiänsä (genitive singular)
säkiöidensä (genitive plural)
säkiöittensä (genitive plural)
säkiäinsä (genitive plural rare)
säkiäänsä (partitive singular)
säkiöitään (partitive plural)
säkiöitänsä (partitive plural)
säkiässään (inessive singular)
säkiässänsä (inessive singular)
säkiöissään (inessive plural)
säkiöissänsä (inessive plural)
säkiästään (elative singular)
säkiästänsä (elative singular)
säkiöistään (elative plural)
säkiöistänsä (elative plural)
säkiäänsä (illative singular)
säkiöihinsä (illative plural)
säkiällään (adessive singular)
säkiällänsä (adessive singular)
säkiöillään (adessive plural)
säkiöillänsä (adessive plural)
säkiältään (ablative singular)
säkiältänsä (ablative singular)
säkiöiltään (ablative plural)
säkiöiltänsä (ablative plural)
säkiälleen (allative singular)
säkiällensä (allative singular)
säkiöilleen (allative plural)
säkiöillensä (allative plural)
säkiänään (essive singular)
säkiänänsä (essive singular)
säkiöinään (essive plural)
säkiöinänsä (essive plural)
säkiäkseen (singular translative)
säkiäksensä (singular translative)
säkiöikseen (plural translative)
säkiöiksensä (plural translative)
säkiättään (abessive singular)
säkiättänsä (abessive singular)
säkiöittään (abessive plural)
säkiöittänsä (abessive plural)
säkiöineen (comitative plural)
säkiöinensä (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *säkä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäkä. Related to Estonian säga, Erzya сие (śije), Moksha сия (śija), Eastern Mari ший (šij), Eastern Khanty сәг (səg), Southern Khanty сәҳ (səḥ) and Northern Mansi сиг (sig).

Silurus glanis
Silurus glanis#Translingual


ruán

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ruán m (genitive singular ruáin, nominative plural ruáin)

ruáin (genitive singular)
ruáin (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
ruán (indefinite singular)
ruáin (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a ruáin (indefinite singular)
a ruána (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
ruáin (indefinite singular)
ruán (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an ruán (definite singular)
na ruáin (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an ruáin (definite singular)
na ruán (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an ruán (definite singular)
don ruán (definite singular)
leis na ruáin (definite plural)

[ˈɾˠuː.ɑːnˠ]

common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)


lín

lín (nominative singular)
líni (nominative plural)
lína (genitive singular)
línů (genitive plural)
línovi (dative singular)
línu (dative singular)
línům (dative plural)
lína (accusative singular)
líny (accusative plural)
líne (singular vocative)
líni (plural vocative)
línovi (locative singular)
línu (locative singular)
línech (locative plural)
línem (instrumental singular)
líny (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Old Czech líň, from Proto-Slavic *linь. Further etymology uncertain, see линь (linʹ).


wels catfish

A scaleless fresh-water catfish (Silurus glanis), of much of temperate western Eurasia, recognizable by its broad, flat head and wide mouth.


characin

Any of many diverse fish, of the order Characiformes, related to the carp and catfish and including the tetra, which were formerly all included in the family Characidae.


sheatfish

en-noun

sheatfish (plural sheatfishes or sheatfish)

The wels catfish (Silurus glanis), a catfish, the largest freshwater fish in Europe.


pleco

Shortened from plecostomus, from translingual Plecostomus.

Any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae, popular in aquaria for their ability to clean tanks by eating algae growth.


raad

Borrowed from Arabic رَعْد (raʕd, “thunder”).

"It might reasonably be expected," says Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, "that the raad, or electric fish of the Nile, would be one of the most sacred, and forbidden for food; and it seems not to be represented among those caught in the ancient fishing scenes." He adds regarding the raad:—"It is a small fish, and the one I saw measured little more than a foot long by four inches in depth, but it had the power of giving a very strong shock. It is the Melapterurus electricus, and may have been the ancient Latus."

1858, George Wilson, “On the electric fishes as the earliest electric machines employed by mankind”, in The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, volume 3:


웅어

Includes the hanja suffix 어(魚) (-eo, “fish”).

The Chinese tapertail anchovy, Coilia nasus.


어름치

[ʌ̹ɾɯmt͡ɕʰi]

Contains the suffix -치 (-chi, “thing”), often found in fish names.


새미

Possibly from 샘 (saem, “spring of water”).

The Taczanowski's gudgeon, Ladislavia taczanowskii.


묵납자루

From 묵 (muk, “ink”) + 납자루 (napjaru, “slender bitterling”).

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The Korean bitterling, Tanakia signifer.


임실납자루

[imɕʰiɭɭa̠p̚t͡ɕ͈a̠ɾu]

From 임실 (imsil, “Imsil”), the name of the area where it is found, and 납자루 (napjaru, “slender bitterling”).

The Seomjin bitterling, Acheilognathus somjinensis


감돌고기

Literally "sweet shiner." From 감 (甘, gam, “sweet”) + 돌고기 (dolgogi, “striped shinner”).

The black shinner, Pseudopungtungia nigra.


큰납지리

From 큰 (keun, “large”) + 납지리 (napjiri, “flat bitterling”).

The deep body bitterling, Acheilognathus macropterus.


줄납자루

[t͡ɕuɭɭa̠p̚t͡ɕ͈a̠ɾu]

From 줄 (jul, “line, stripe”) + 납자루 (napjaru, “slender bitterling”).

The Korean striped bitterling, Acheilognathus yamatsutae.


가시납지리

Literally "spiny bitterling." From 가시 (gasi, “thorn, spine”) + 납지리 (napjiri, “flat bitterling”).

The Korean spined bitterling, Acanthorhodeus gracilis.


줄몰개

[t͡ɕuɭmo̞ɭɡɛ]

[t͡ɕuɭmo̞ɭɡe̞]

Literally "striped gudgeon." From 줄 (jul, “line”) + 몰개 (molgae, “short-barbel gudgeon”).

The striped false gudgeon, Gnathopogon strigatus.


붕어

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 부어 (鮒魚, bueo, “carp fish”). Due to its compounded position, the form has been able to preserve the /ŋ-/ initial of the Middle Chinese reading of 魚 (MC ngjo), which is lost in standard Sino-Korean.

ko-etym-nativised

Carassius carassius
Carassius carassius#Translingual


큰줄납자루

[kxɯɲd͡ʑuɭɭa̠p̚t͡ɕ͈a̠ɾu]

From 큰 (keun, “large”) + 줄납자루 (jullapjaru, “striped bitterling”).

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The large striped bitterling, Acheilognathus majusculus.


중고기

[ˈt͡ɕu(ː)ŋɡo̞ɡi]

Possibly from 중 (jung, “Buddhist monk”) + 고기 (gogi, “fish”).

The Korean oily shiner (Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis morii), a subspecies of the rainbow gudgeon.


모래무지

Compound of 모래 (morae, “sand”) + 무지 (muji). First recorded in the Yeokhae Yuhae, 1690, as 모래므디.


참몰개

[t͡ɕʰa̠mmo̞ɭɡɛ]

[t͡ɕʰa̠mmo̞ɭɡe̞]

Literally "true gudgeon." From 참 (cham, “true”) + 몰개 (molgae, “short barbel gudgeon”).

The Korean gudgeon, Squalidus chankaensis tsuchigae.


흰줄납줄개

[çiɲd͡ʑuɭɭa̠p̚t͡ɕ͈uɭɡɛ]

[çiɲd͡ʑuɭɭa̠p̚t͡ɕ͈uɭɡe̞]

Literally "white-striped bitterling." From 흰 (huin, “white”) + 줄 (jul, “line”) + 납줄개 (napjulgae, “bitterling”)


긴몰개

Literally "long gudgeon." From 긴 (gin, “long”) + 몰개 (molgae, “short barbel gudgeon”).

The Korean slender gudgeon, Squalidus gracilis majimae.


점몰개

[t͡ɕʌ̹mmo̞ɭɡɛ]

[t͡ɕʌ̹mmo̞ɭɡe̞]

From 점 (jeom, “spot”) + 몰개 (molgae, “short barbel gudgeon”).

The spotted-barbel gudgeon, Squalidus multimaculatus.


누치

Contains the suffix —치 (-chi, “thing”), often found in fish names. First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 눗티 (Yale: nwusthi).


칼납자루

[kʰa̠ɭɭa̠p̚t͡ɕ͈a̠ɾu]

Literally "knife bitterling." From 칼 (kal, “knife”) + 납자루 (napjaru, “slender bitterling”).

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An oily bitterling, Tanakia limbata (syn. Acheilognathus limbatus) or Tanakia koreensis (syn. Acheilognathus koreensis).


떡납줄갱이

[t͈ʌ̹ŋna̠p̚t͡ɕ͈uɭɡɛŋi]

[t͈ʌ̹ŋna̠p̚t͡ɕ͈uɭɡe̞ŋi]

Literally "rice cake bitterling." From 떡 (tteok, “rice cake”) + 납줄갱이 (napjulgaeng'i), diminutive of 납줄개 (napjulgae, “bitterling”).

A species of bitterling, Rhodeus suigensis.


참마자

The long-nosed barbel, Hemibarbus longirostris.


싱어

a singer, especially of popular or Western music


가는돌고기

From 가는 (ganeun, “slender”) (determinative form of 가늘다) + 돌고기 (dolgogi, “striped shinner”).

The slender shinner, Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpus.


납자루

The slender bitterling, Tanakia lanceolata.


게톱치

Contains the suffix -치 (-chi, “thing”), often found in fish names.


납지리

The flat bitterling, Acheilognathus rhombeus.


떡붕어

[t͈ʌ̹k̚p͈uŋʌ̹]

Literally "rice cake carp." From 떡 (tteok, “rice cake”) + 붕어 (bung'eo, “crucian carp”).

Japanese crucian carp
Japanese crucian carp

Carassius cuvieri
Carassius cuvieri#Translingual

The Japanese crucian carp, Carassius cuvieri.


각시붕어

Literally "young wife carp." From 각시 (gaksi, “young wife”) + 붕어 (bung'eo, “crucian carp”).

The Korean rose bitterling, Rhodeus uyekii.


참붕어

[t͡ɕʰa̠mbuŋʌ̹]

Literally "true carp." From 참 (cham, “true”) + 붕어 (bung'eo, “crucian carp”).


북방중고기

Literally "oily shiner of the north." From 북방(北方) (bukbang, “northern regions”) + 중고기 (junggogi, “Korean oily shiner”).

The Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon, Sarcocheilichthys czerskii.


전어

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)nʌ̹]

Literally "money fish." Sino-Korean word from 전(錢) (jeon, “money”) + 어(魚) (eo, “fish”).

ko-etym-Sino

Konosirus punctatus
Konosirus punctatus#Translingual

dotted gizzard shad (Konosirus punctatus)


한강납줄개

[ha̠nɡa̠ŋna̠p̚t͡ɕ͈uɭɡɛ]

[ha̠nɡa̠ŋna̠p̚t͡ɕ͈uɭɡe̞]

Literally "bitterling of the Han River." From 한강(漢江) (han'gang, “Han River”) + 납줄개 (napjulgae, “bitterling”).

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The Han River bitterling, Rhodeus pseudosericeus.


초어

Literally "grass fish." Sino-Korean word from 초(草) (cho, “grass”) + 어(魚) (eo, “fish”).

ko-etym-Sino

Ctenopharyngodon idella
Ctenopharyngodon idella

The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella).


참중고기

[t͡ɕʰa̠md͡ʑuŋɡo̞ɡi]

Literally "true oily shiner." From 참 (cham, “true”) + 중고기 (junggogi, “Korean oily shiner”).

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The oily shiner or Biwa oily gudgeon, Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus.


쉬리

The Korean splendid dace, Coreoleuciscus splendidus.


서호납줄갱이

[sʰʌ̹βo̞na̠p̚t͡ɕ͈uɭɡɛŋi]

[sʰʌ̹βo̞na̠p̚t͡ɕ͈uɭɡe̞ŋi]

Literally "bitterling of Seoho lake." From 서호(西湖) (seoho, “Western Lake”) + 납줄갱이 (napjulgaeng'i, “bitterling”).

The Seoho bitterling, Acheilognathus hondae, now considered extinct.


밴댕이

First recorded in the Yeokhae Yuhae, 1690, as "반당이."

The Japanese sardinella, Sardinella zunasi.


돌고기

Originally 돈고기, from 돈 (don, “money”) and 고기 (gogi, “fish”).


bitterling

From German Bitterling, calque from Latin amārus (“bitter”), equivalent to bitter + -ling. Compare grayling, fingerling.

Any of various species of small cyprinid fish in the genus Rhodeus.


압록자그사니

The Yalu River gudgeon, Mesogobio lachneri.


돌마자

Microphysogobio yaluensis, a species of gudgeon endemic to the Korean Peninsula.


흰수마자

The Nakdong gudgeon, Gobiobotia naktongensis.


꾸구리

May contain the element "구리," originally "굴이," also found in 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”).

The big-headed gudgeon, Gobiobotia macrocephala.


돌상어

[to̞ɭsʰa̠ŋʌ̹]

Contains 상어 (sang'eo, “shark; sturgeon”).

The short-barbel gudgeon, Gobiobotia brevibarba.


왜매치

Literally "dwarf gudgeon." From 왜(矮) (wae, “dwarf”) + 매치 (maechi, “gudgeon”).

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Korean dwarf gudgeon (Abbottina springeri).


배가사리

A Korean species of gudgeon, Microphysogobio longidorsalis.


두우쟁이

Contains the suffix -쟁이 (-jaeng'i), often found in animal names.

The Chinese lizard gudgeon, Saurogobio dabryi.


두만강자그사니

From 두만강(豆滿江) (duman'gang, “Tumen River”) + 자그사니 (jageusani).

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The Tumen River gudgeon, Mesogobio tumenensis.


여울마자

From 여울 (yeoul, “shallows”) + 마자, an element often found in fish names. Name applied by the discoverers of the species in 1999.

A Korean species of gudgeon, Microphysogobio rapidus.


백련어

[pe̞ŋɲʌ̹nʌ̹]

From 백련(白鰱) (baengnyeon, “silver carp”) + 어(魚) (eo, “fish”).

The silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix.


모래주사

Korean southern gudgeon (Microphysogobio koreensis), a species of gudgeon endemic to South Korea.


됭경모치

[twe̞ŋɡjʌ̹ŋmo̞t͡ɕʰi]

[tø̞ŋɡjʌ̹ŋmo̞t͡ɕʰi]

From 됭경 (doenggyeong) + 모치 (mochi), a root found in the names of other native cyprinid fish such as 연준모치 (yeonjunmochi, “the common minnow”)

A Korean species of gudgeon, Microphysogobio jeoni.


야레

First attested in the Buksae giryak (北塞記略 / 북새기략), 1780, as Early Modern Korean 夜來 (Yale: yaloy).
From Manchu ᡟᠠᡵᡠ (yaru, “Dolly Varden trout (Salvelinus malma)”) or a cognate Jurchen form.


갈겨니

The dark chub, Nipponocypris temmincki ( <= Zacco temminckii).


버들치

[pʌ̹dɯʎt͡ɕʰi]

From 버들 (beodeul, “willow; withe”) + 치 (-chi, suffix often found in fish names).

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The Chinese minnow, Phoxinus oxycephalus.


황어

Literally "yellow fish." Sino-Korean word from 황(黃) (hwang, “yellow”) + 어(魚) (eo, “fish”).

ko-etym-Sino

Tribolodon hakonensis
Tribolodon hakonensis#Translingual

The big-scaled redfin, Tribolodon hakonensis.


끄리

The Chinese hooksnout carp (Opsariichthys bidens).


강준치

[ka̠ŋd͡ʑuɲt͡ɕʰi]

Literally "river herring." From 강(江) (gang, “river”) + 준치 (junchi, “Chinese herring”).

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The predatory carp or redfin culter, Chanodichthys erythropterus ( <= Culter erythropterus).


왜몰개

Literally "dwarf short-barbel gudgeon." From 왜(矮) (wae, “dwarf”) + 몰개 (molgae, “short-barbel gudgeon”).

The Chinese bleak, Aphyocypris chinensis.


백조어

[pɛk̚t͡ɕ͈o̞ʌ̹]

[pe̞k̚t͡ɕ͈o̞ʌ̹]

Literally "white-striped fish." Sino-Korean word from 백(白) (baek, “white”) + 조(條) (jo, “stripe”) + 어(魚) (eo, “fish”).

ko-etym-Sino

The redfin culter, Chanodichthys erythropterus ( <- Culter brevicauda).


버들개

From 버들 (beodeul, “willow”) + 개 (-gae, suffix often found in fish names).

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The Amur minnow, Phoxinus steindachneri.