kibinago

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English

A dish of fried kibinago

Etymology

From Japanese 黍魚子 (kibinago).

Noun

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kibinago (plural kibinago or kibinagos)

  1. (uncommon) The silver-stripe round herring or blue sprat, a small marine fish sometimes eaten for food, Spratelloides gracilis.
    • 2018 October 8, “【Kagoshima · Yoron Island】 Akasaki Coral Forest Snorkeling Tour”, in Activity Japan:
      There was more than the coral thought that it was possible to see a group of kibinagos and a group of yagara, as well as fish of 20 centimeters larger than the tropical fish.

Japanese

Romanization

kibinago

  1. Rōmaji transcription of キビナゴ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of きびなご