English Explanatory Dictionary

shishamo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Spirinchus lanceolatus, a Japanese smelt.

Word forms

shishamo

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 柳葉魚 (shishamo, literally “willow leaf fish”), ultimately from Ainu スサㇺ (susam).

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