アラレガコ
Japanese
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アラレガコ, Cottus kazika
Etymology
Purportedly from 霰 (arare, “graupel, small hail”) for its white underbelly.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠ɾe̞ɡa̠ko̞]
Noun
アラレガコ or あられがこ • (araregako)
- (regional, Fukuoka prefecture) the fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)
- Synonyms: 鎌切, 杜父魚 (kamakiri), 鮎掛 (ayukake)
References
- “アラレガコ”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984