"メダカ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [me̞da̠ka̠] Forms: メダカ [canonical], めだか [canonical], medaka [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 目(め) (me, “eye”) + 高(たか) (taka, “high”), in reference to its appearance. The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|目|め|高|たか|t1=eye|t2=high}} 目(め) (me, “eye”) + 高(たか) (taka, “high”), {{sortkey|ja|メダカ}} めたか', {{rendaku2|ta|da}} The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|めだか}} メダカ or めだか • (medaka)
  1. medaka, Japanese ricefish, Oryzias latipes, a small freshwater fish
    Sense id: en-メダカ-ja-noun-xxHAyrBT Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. killifish, any of various species in the Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Profundulidae, or Valenciidae families
    Sense id: en-メダカ-ja-noun-Ysu3MD60 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 目高

Alternative forms

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