boga

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→ Tunisian Arabic: بوقة (būga, “bogue, Boops boops”)

From Late Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα (bôka), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, view”).


triglia

From Ancient Greek τρίγλη (tríglē, “mullet”).


orata

→ Tunisian Arabic: أوراطا (ʔūrāṭa, “sea bream, Sparus aurata”)

From Vulgar Latin *orāta, from Latin aurāta. Compare Spanish dorado, Portuguese dourada, French daurade, Dalmatian ourata.

Sparus aurata
Sparus aurata#Translingual


occhione

From occhio (“eye”) + -one (augmentative suffix).

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Eurasian stone-curlew
Eurasian stone-curlew

Burhinus oedicnemus
Burhinus oedicnemus#Translingual

(ornithology) any member of the Burhinus taxonomic genus, particularly a Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual

(ichthyology) blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)


pesce persico

Perca fluviatilis
Perca fluviatilis#Translingual


pesce farfalla

it-noun

pesce farfalla m (plural pesci farfalla)


branzino

→ English: branzino

Borrowed from Venetian branza, from branchia (“gill”).

Dicentrarchus labrax
Dicentrarchus labrax#Translingual


cefalo

From Late Latin cephalus, from Ancient Greek κέφαλος (képhalos), derived from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus#Translingual


pagro

From Latin pagrus, pager, variant of phager, borrowed from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea-bream, braize”).


corifena

From Ancient Greek κορύφαινα (korúphaina).

Coryphaena hippurus
Coryphaena hippurus#Translingual

common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)


mattarello

(regional) Alternative form of matterello (“rolling pin”)


pagello

From Latin *pagellus, diminutive of Latin pagrus.


sarago

From Latin sargus, from Ancient Greek σαργός (sargós).

Diplodus sargus
Diplodus sargus#Translingual

Any of several species of fish of the genus Diplodus

two-banded sea bream (Diplodus vulgaris)

sharpsnout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo)


lampuga

Unknown. Compare Sicilian lampuca, Spanish lampuga, Maltese lampuka and Tunisian Arabic لامبكة (lāmbuga, “dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus”). Possibly related to Lampedusa.


pesce angelo

angelfish (marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae)


perchia

From Latin *percula, diminutive of perca (“perch”).

comber (marine fish of the family Serranidae)


sparaglione

Originally from Latin sparus (“gilt-head bream”).


verzelato

Probably a dialectal derivation from vergella.


mugello

From Latin mūgil (“mullet”). Compare muggine.


capozzo

(Naples) name of several species of fish in the Mugilidae family


pesce castagna

it-noun

pesce castagna m (plural pesci castagna)


spicaro

Ultimately from Latin spica (“ear of grain”).


corifena cavallina

corifena cavallina f (plural corifene cavalline)


pesce serra

Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomatomus saltatrix#Translingual


menola

From a Venetian dialect term derived from a diminutive of Latin maena.

(zoology) blotched picarel (Spicara maena, a fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic)


sarago pizzuto

sarago pizzuto m (plural saraghi pizzuti)

(regional) Synonym of puntazzo (“sheephead bream”)


vopa

Ultimately from Byzantine Greek βόωψ (bóōps), *βῶψ (*bôps), accusative βῶπα (bôpa). Compare Albanian vopë, Greek γόπα (gópa).