"sweetfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sweetfishes [plural], sweetfish [plural]
Etymology: sweet + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|sweetfish}} sweetfish (plural sweetfishes or sweetfish)
  1. An amphidromous fish, the ayu of East Asia (Plecoglossus altivelis), the only member of its genus and family Plecoglossidae, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh, especially in Japan, as a game fish, and is also subject to extensive aquaculture. Categories (lifeform): Smelts Synonyms (Plecoglossus altivelis): ayu, ai Translations (amphidromous fish): 芳魚 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 芳鱼 (phang-hî) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 溪鰮 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 溪鳁 (khoe-un, khe-un) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 𫙮魚 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 𫙮鱼 (kia̍t-hî, kia̍t-hû) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 𫙮 (kia̍t) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 國姓魚 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 国姓鱼 (kok-sèng-hî, kok-sèng-hû) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 香魚 (Chinese Cantonese), 香鱼 (alt: hoeng¹ jyu⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 香魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 香鱼 (xiāngyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 香魚 (Hakka Chinese), 香鱼 (hiông-ǹg) (Hakka Chinese), (ayu) (alt: あゆ) (Japanese), 香魚 (kōgyo) (alt: こうぎょ) (Japanese), 年魚 (nengyo) (alt: ねんぎょ) (Japanese), 은어 (euneo) (alt: 銀魚) (Korean), аю́ (ajú) [feminine] (Russian), айю́ (ajjú) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "sweet + fish",
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      "form": "sweetfishes",
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        "An amphidromous fish, the ayu of East Asia (Plecoglossus altivelis), the only member of its genus and family Plecoglossidae, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh, especially in Japan, as a game fish, and is also subject to extensive aquaculture."
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          "sense": "Plecoglossus altivelis",
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "香魚"
        },
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          "alt": "hoeng¹ jyu⁴⁻²",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "香鱼"
        },
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          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "香魚"
        },
        {
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "hiông-ǹg",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "香鱼"
        },
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "芳魚"
        },
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
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          "roman": "phang-hî",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "芳鱼"
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "溪鰮"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "khoe-un, khe-un",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "溪鳁"
        },
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "𫙮魚"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
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          "roman": "kia̍t-hî, kia̍t-hû",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
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            "Hokkien"
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          "word": "𫙮鱼"
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          "roman": "kia̍t",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
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          "word": "𫙮"
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          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "國姓魚"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "kok-sèng-hî, kok-sèng-hû",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "国姓鱼"
        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "香魚"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiāngyú",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "香鱼"
        },
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          "alt": "あゆ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ayu",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "鮎"
        },
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          "alt": "こうぎょ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōgyo",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "香魚"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ねんぎょ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nengyo",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "年魚"
        },
        {
          "alt": "銀魚",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "euneo",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "word": "은어"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ajú",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "аю́"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ajjú",
          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "айю́"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweetfish"
}
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      "sense": "Plecoglossus altivelis",
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    {
      "sense": "Plecoglossus altivelis",
      "word": "ai"
    }
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "香魚"
    },
    {
      "alt": "hoeng¹ jyu⁴⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "香鱼"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "香魚"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "hiông-ǹg",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "香鱼"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "芳魚"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "phang-hî",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "芳鱼"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "溪鰮"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "khoe-un, khe-un",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "溪鳁"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "𫙮魚"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "kia̍t-hî, kia̍t-hû",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "𫙮鱼"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "kia̍t",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "𫙮"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "國姓魚"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "kok-sèng-hî, kok-sèng-hû",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "国姓鱼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "香魚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāngyú",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "香鱼"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あゆ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ayu",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "鮎"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうぎょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōgyo",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "香魚"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねんぎょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nengyo",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "年魚"
    },
    {
      "alt": "銀魚",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "euneo",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "word": "은어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ajú",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аю́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ajjú",
      "sense": "amphidromous fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "айю́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweetfish"
}

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