English Explanatory Dictionary

saury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɔː.ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-saury.wav

Word forms

saury sauries

Etymology

Eggcorn of Japanese 佐伊羅 (saira). By surface analysis, -saur (“dinosaur or other extinct reptile”) + -y (diminutive suffix).

Derived words

Atlantic saury blotched saury clouded saury common saury dwarf saury filamentous saury gracile saury grey saury large-scaled saury longfin saury orangemouth saury Pacific saury painted saury shortfin saury shortjaw saury silver saury slender saury South Pacific saury threadfin saury Wanieso saury
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