sweetfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

sweetfish sweetfishes

Etymology

sweet + fish

Synonyms

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