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sweetfish

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

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noun

Meaning 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.

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sweet + fish

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Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 香魚 /香鱼 — amphidromous fish
  • Hakka Chinese: 香魚 /香鱼 (hiông-ǹg) — amphidromous fish
  • Chinese: 芳魚 /芳鱼 (phang-hî) — amphidromous fish
  • Chinese: 溪鰮 /溪鳁 (khoe-un, khe-un) — amphidromous fish
  • Chinese: 𫙮魚 /𫙮鱼 (kia̍t-hî, kia̍t-hû) — amphidromous fish
  • Chinese: 𫙮 (kia̍t) — amphidromous fish
  • Chinese: 國姓魚 /国姓鱼 (kok-sèng-hî, kok-sèng-hû) — amphidromous fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香魚 /香鱼 (xiāngyú) — amphidromous fish
  • Japanese: 鮎 (ayu) — amphidromous fish
  • Japanese: 香魚 (kōgyo) — amphidromous fish
  • Japanese: 年魚 (nengyo) — amphidromous fish
  • Korean: 은어 (euneo) — amphidromous fish
  • Russian: аю́ (ajú) — amphidromous fish
  • Russian: айю́ (ajjú) — amphidromous fish