saury
saury · sauries · saury
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A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row…A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.
/ˈsɔː.ɹi/
» Pacific Saury is a blue fish.
Meaning
1 sensesA marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.
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сайраsajra
More definitions
- slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
Examples
2 sentencesPacific Saury is a blue fish.
Pacific Saury is a type of blue fish.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
fish of the family Scomberesocidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fish of the family Scomberesocidae:
Origin
Eggcorn of Japanese 佐伊羅 (saira). By surface analysis, -saur (“dinosaur or other extinct reEggcorn of Japanese 佐伊羅 (saira). By surface analysis, -saur (“dinosaur or other extinct reptile”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
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Forms
plural: sauries / saurySynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters:billfishScomberesox saurus
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular