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milkfish

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Chanos chanos, an important food fish in southeast Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cotton fish

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From milk + fish.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Central Bikol: bangus — Chanos chanos
  • Bulgarian: млечна риба (mlečna riba) — Chanos chanos
  • Chinese Cantonese: 虱目魚 — Chanos chanos
  • Chinese: 虱目魚 (zh-min-nan) — Chanos chanos
  • Chinese Mandarin: 虱目魚 (shīmùyú) — Chanos chanos
  • Dutch: bandeng — Chanos chanos
  • Finnish: maitokala — Chanos chanos
  • French: poisson-lait — Chanos chanos
  • German: Milchfisch — Chanos chanos
  • Hawaiian: awa — Chanos chanos
  • Hungarian: indiai hering — Chanos chanos
  • Hungarian: tejhal — Chanos chanos
  • Indonesian: bandeng — Chanos chanos
  • Japanese: 虱目魚 (sabahī) — Chanos chanos
  • Javanese: ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢꦼꦁ (bandeng) — Chanos chanos
  • Korean: 갯농어 (gaennong'eo) — Chanos chanos
  • Malayalam: പൂമീൻ (pūmīṉ) — Chanos chanos
  • Pohnpeian: eki — Chanos chanos
  • Polish: chanos — Chanos chanos
  • Russian: ха́нос (xános) — Chanos chanos
  • Spanish: sabalote — Chanos chanos
  • Spanish: pez de leche — Chanos chanos
  • Tagalog: bangus — Chanos chanos
  • Turkish: süt balığı — Chanos chanos