wooden fish

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a wooden fish

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 木魚木鱼 (mùyú).

Noun

wooden fish (plural wooden fishes or wooden fish)

  1. A wooden percussion instrument played by monks and lay people in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.

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