"fishball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fishballs [plural]
Etymology: fish + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fish|ball}} fish + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishball (plural fishballs)
  1. A food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball, popular in Chinese and Scandinavian cuisine and elsewhere around the world. Wikipedia link: Fish ball Categories (topical): Seafood Synonyms: fish ball, fish-ball Related terms: fishcake, meatball, squidball, shrimpball, prawn ball, crabstick, kikiam, takoyaki Translations (pulverized fish shaped into a ball): 魚丸 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 鱼丸 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 魚蛋 (Chinese Cantonese), 鱼蛋 (alt: jyu⁴ daan⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 魚丸 (Chinese Cantonese), 鱼丸 (alt: jyu⁴ jyun⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 魚丸 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼丸 (yúwán) (Chinese Mandarin), fiskebolle [common-gender] (Danish), kalapulla (Finnish), 魚丸 (Hakka Chinese), 鱼丸 (ǹg-yèn) (Hakka Chinese), bakso ikan (Indonesian), bola ikan (Malay), fiskeboll (Norwegian Bokmål), ры́бный ша́рик (rýbnyj šárik) [masculine] (Russian), bola de pescado [feminine] (Spanish), fiskbulle [common-gender] (Swedish), pisbol (Tagalog), ลูกชิ้น (lôok chín) (Thai), balık köftesi (Turkish)

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